Vera Aksakova

Vera Aksakova
self portrait
Born 19 February, 1819
Nova Aksakovo
Died 9 March, 1864
Moscow
Nationality Russian Empire

Vera Sergueïevna Aksakova or Vera Axakova (19 February, 1819 – 9 March, 1864) was a Russian writer known for her diaries at the time of the Crimean War in a Slavophile family.

Life

Aksakova was born in Moscow in 1819. She was the eldest daughter of Sergey Aksakov. Her brothers Konstantin and Ivan Aksakov were both noted Slavophiles.[1]

Aksakova is known for her diary which gives an interesting insight into Russian life during the Crimea War. It starts on 14 November 1854 and ends a year later on 15 November.[1] She reports hopefully on the death of Tsar Nicholas I in a three page entry. She feels regret that a man has died but is optimistic about his successor.[2] She later records the loss of national prestige with her country's defeat at the Siege of Sebastopol.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Marina Ledkovskai͡a-Astman; Charlotte Rosenthal; Mary Fleming Zirin (1994). Dictionary of Russian Women Writers. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 14–15. ISBN 978-0-313-26265-4.
  2. ↑ Peter K. Christoff (14 July 2014). K.S. Aksakov, A Study in Ideas, Vol. III: An Introduction to Nineteenth-Century Russian Slavophilism. Princeton University Press. pp. 163–. ISBN 978-1-4008-5350-2.
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