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Elena Pavlovna Fadeeva

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October 2024

October 18, 2024

Mothers & Daughters: Prince Tyumen

PRINCE TYUMEN July 1842.[1] These were the times when simple highways were...

October 18, 2024

Mothers & Daughters: Panikhida

PANIKHIDA June 1842. A month or two after arriving in Odessa, Helena Andreevna announced...

October 18, 2024

Mothers & Daughters: Crime And Punishment

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT Spring 1842 Helena Andreevna, Antonia, and Elizaveta went to the shops,...

October 18, 2024

Mothers & Daughters: The Black Sea

THE BLACK SEA Spring 1842.[1] The snow had not completely melted. It was a...

October 18, 2024

Mothers & Daughters: “A Winter Evening”

“A WINTER EVENING.” Winter 1842.[1] Helena Andreevna was sick so often that winter, that...

October 18, 2024

Mothers & Daughters: What Happened In The Doll House

WHAT HAPPENED IN THE DOLL HOUSE January 1842.[1] Winter skidded and covered all the...

October 18, 2024

Mothers & Daughters: The Trip To Dikanka

THE TRIP TO DIKANKA September 1841 Time passed so quickly between studies and pranks...

October 18, 2024

Mothers & Daughters: Vareniki

VARENIKI Summer 1841 Two days later they were playing in the garden when the...

October 18, 2024

Mothers & Daughters: The Gray Monk

THE GRAY MONK Summer 1841 One day, not long after their arrival, Vera went to...

October 18, 2024

Mothers & Daughters: Camp

CAMP Summer 1841 The horses were now rested and prepared to make the final...

October 18, 2024

Mothers & Daughters: Road

ROAD Spring 1841 With the approach of spring, Helena Andreevna began to say that...

October 18, 2024

Mothers And Daughters: Reasoning

REASONING April 1841 On the occasion of the holidays, lessons had not yet begun....

October 18, 2024

Mothers & Daughters: Yolka

YOLKA January 1841 Vera was left speechless with amazed delight when, after sitting alone...

October 18, 2024

Mothers & Daughters: Theatres and Balls

THEATRES AND BALLS November 1840 With winter came short days and frosty nights. Endless...

October 18, 2024

Mothers & Daughters: History Of Belyanka

HISTORY OF BELYANKA Late Winter 1840 Vera quietly opened the door to peek inside....

October 18, 2024

Mothers & Daughters: New Winter

NEW WINTER Late Winter 1840 “Wake up, girls! It is snowing!” said Nanny Nastya....

October 18, 2024

Mothers & Daughters: Leonid

LEONID June 1840 It was midsummer and the grove had darkened. The violets, lilies, and...

October 18, 2024

Mothers & Daughters: The Warlike Partridge

THE WARLIKE PARTRIDGE Summer 1840. Baba Lena had large collections of all kinds of...

October 18, 2024

Mothers & Daughters: Mikhail Ivanovich

MIKHAIL IVANOVICH Summer 1840. Nanny Nastya was not entirely healthy at the beginning of...

October 18, 2024

Mothers & Daughters: The Melon Pond

THE MELON POND Spring 1840. Lelya invited the children to go melon planting near...

October 18, 2024

Mothers & Daughters: The Dacha

THE DACHA Spring 1840. When real spring arrived, Baba Lena removed the double glazing...

October 18, 2024

Mothers & Daughters: Easter

EASTER April 19, 1840 Everyone was still sleeping, exhausted from a sleepless night when...

October 18, 2024

Mothers And Daughters: Preparations For The Holiday

PREPARATIONS FOR THE HOLIDAY April 18, 1840. Easter Eggs played a very important part...

October 18, 2024

Mothers & Daughters: In The Monastery

IN THE MONASTERY April 17, 1840. The next day, early in the morning, the...

October 18, 2024

Mothers & Daughters: Confession

CONFESSION April 16, 1840. Vera sat on the window and watched, mesmerized, as the...

October 18, 2024

Mothers & Daughters: Nanny’s Fairytale

NANNY’S FAIRYTALE Winter 1840. The next evening the family ate their dinner in the...

October 18, 2024

Mothers & Daughters: Nanny Nastya

NANNY NASTYA Winter 1840. “Baba Kapka” was the nickname in the household for the...

October 18, 2024

Mothers & Daughters: Grunya

GRUNYA Winter 1840. Vera and Baba Lena got out of the troika (three-horse sleigh)...

October 18, 2024

Mothers & Daughters: Dasha And Dunya

DASHA & DUNYA Winter 1840. Vera was playing with two “yard girls” her age,...

October 18, 2024

Mothers & Daughters: Christening Of The Doll

THE CHRISTENING OF THE DOLL Winter, 1840. Baba Lena and Dede Andrushka spared nothing...