Elizabeth Trubetskaya

Elizaveta Esperovna

Elizabeth Trubetskaya (1834-1907), was a Russian Princess and salonist, by birth member of Belosselsky-Belozersky family. She hosted a famous literary salon in Paris during the Second Empire, and played a crucial part as a mediator when France and Russia established their diplomatic contacts in the 1870s.[1]

References

  1. А. З. Манфред. Очерки истории Франции XVIII—XX вв. Изд-во Академии наук СССР, 1961. Стр. 299.
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