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My Russian Life: Memories of a High Society Lady, 1870–1918

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My Russian Life: Memories of a High Society Lady, 1870–1918
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The memoirs of high society lady Maria Sergeyevna Baryatinskaya, great-great-granddaughter of Field Marshal Suvorov and wife of Nicholas II's aide-de-camp, Anatoly Baryatinsky, meticulously reconstruct the intricacies of court etiquette and ceremony. She recalls the solemnity of the coronation and the celebration of the 300th anniversary of the House of Romanov, as well as Europe at the turn of the century. Baryatinskaya begins her narrative with an account of the death of Alexander III and the accession of Nicholas II, recounts Rasputin and the assassination of Stolypin, the outbreak of war, and her organization of a military hospital in Kyiv. Maria Sergeyevna carefully preserved records of both momentous and fleeting events, invaluable testimonies imbued with the inimitable charm of a lost paradise.
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