For Love and Fatherland – Podgornaya Ninel – Latvian Youth Social Support Fund – 2000 – ISBN 9984-19-151-6
For Love and Fatherland
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For Love and Fatherland
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Readers are presented with a book about the only female order in the history of Imperial Russia—the Order of the Holy Great Martyr Catherine. Compiled by Ninel Podgornaya, this book tells the story of the dames of this order from 1714 onward, during a historical period when Russia's prestige, whether at war or peacefully developing, was so great that the entire world listened to its monarch's every word. Men were preoccupied with war and state affairs, while women were dedicated to good deeds and caring for children. By establishing this order, Peter the Great glorified the heroic deed of Catherine Alexeyevna in the name of saving the Fatherland. This order is class-based, but the women it granted heeded the commandment from childhood: "Love thy neighbor as thyself." They established hospitals, treated the wounded, and cared for the homeless and lonely. They built art galleries, opened schools and museums. This book is dedicated to all of them, and Ninel Podgornaya has written about them all and collected their portraits.
Readers are presented with a book about the only female order in the history of Imperial Russia—the Order of the Holy Great Martyr Catherine. Compiled by Ninel Podgornaya, this book tells the story of the dames of this order from 1714 onward, during a historical period when Russia's prestige, whether at war or peacefully developing, was so great that the entire world listened to its monarch's every word. Men were preoccupied with war and state affairs, while women were dedicated to good deeds and caring for children. By establishing this order, Peter the Great glorified the heroic deed of Catherine Alexeyevna in the name of saving the Fatherland. This order is class-based, but the women it granted heeded the commandment from childhood: "Love thy neighbor as thyself." They established hospitals, treated the wounded, and cared for the homeless and lonely. They built art galleries, opened schools and museums. This book is dedicated to all of them, and Ninel Podgornaya has written about them all and collected their portraits.
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