The wet nurse was a particularly important figure in the Russian noble family. Russian
of this habit, claiming that the ‘milk of a peasant girl can give lifelong health and moral
of this habit, claiming that the ‘milk of a peasant girl can give lifelong health and moral
of this habit, claiming that the ‘milk of a peasant girl can give lifelong health and moral
But it was the nanny who was closest to the heart of the noble child.
But it was the nanny who was closest to the heart of the noble child.
But it was the nanny who was closest to the heart of the noble child.
” The artist Dobuzhinsky described the spectacular appearance of the traditional wet n
” The artist Dobuzhinsky described the spectacular appearance of the traditional wet n
” The artist Dobuzhinsky described the spectacular appearance of the traditional wet n
summer the wet nurses used to wear coloured sarafans with lots of small gold or glass
summer the wet nurses used to wear coloured sarafans with lots of small gold or glass
summer the wet nurses used to wear coloured sarafans with lots of small gold or glass
buttons and muslin balloon sleeves’. (M. V. Dobuzhinskii vospominaniia (New York, 1976,
buttons and muslin balloon sleeves’. (M. V. Dobuzhinskii vospominaniia (New York, 1976,
buttons and muslin balloon sleeves’. (M. V. Dobuzhinskii vospominaniia (New York, 1976,
The stereotype of the old-fashioned nanny - the sort that appears in countless works of art
The stereotype of the old-fashioned nanny - the sort that appears in countless works of art
The stereotype of the old-fashioned nanny - the sort that appears in countless works of art
Such indeed was the lasting influence of the nanny’s tender care that many nineteenth-cen
Such indeed was the lasting influence of the nanny’s tender care that many nineteenth-cen
Such indeed was the lasting influence of the nanny’s tender care that many nineteenth-cen
At the age of six or seven the noble child was transferred from the
At the age of six or seven the noble child was transferred from the
At the age of six or seven the noble child was transferred from the
care of a nanny to the supervision of a French or German tutor and then sent off to school. T
care of a nanny to the supervision of a French or German tutor and then sent off to school. T
care of a nanny to the supervision of a French or German tutor and then sent off to school. T
Because Fevronia Stepanovna had always spoiled me endlessly, I became a cry-baby, and a p
Because Fevronia Stepanovna had always spoiled me endlessly, I became a cry-baby, and a p
Because Fevronia Stepanovna had always spoiled me endlessly, I became a cry-baby, and a p
would come back home with medals on my chest. I went to sleep peacefully that night, imagin
would come back home with medals on my chest. I went to sleep peacefully that night, imagin
would come back home with medals on my chest. I went to sleep peacefully that night, imagin
It was not at all unusual for grown men and women to remain in frequent contact with their
It was not at all unusual for grown men and women to remain in frequent contact with their
It was not at all unusual for grown men and women to remain in frequent contact with their
My friend in days devoid of good, My ageing and decrepit dove! Abandoned in a far- off woo
My friend in days devoid of good, My ageing and decrepit dove! Abandoned in a far-off woo
My friend in days devoid of good, My ageing and decrepit dove! Abandoned in a far-off woo
Diaghilev, as well, was famously attached to his nanny. He had never known his mother, who had
Diaghilev, as well, was famously attached to his nanny. He had never known his mother, who had
Diaghilev, as well, was famously attached to his nanny. He had never known his mother, who had
the dowry to his father’s family in Perm. When Diaghilev moved as a student to St Petersbur
the dowry to his father’s family in Perm. When Diaghilev moved as a student to St Petersbur
the dowry to his father’s family in Perm. When Diaghilev moved as a student to St Petersbur
The nanny was an almost sacred figure in that cult of childhood which the Russian gentry ma
The nanny was an almost sacred figure in that cult of childhood which the Russian gentry ma
The nanny was an almost sacred figure in that cult of childhood which the Russian gentry ma
Happy, happy, irrecoverable days of childhood! How can one fail to love and cherish its me
Happy, happy, irrecoverable days of childhood! How can one fail to love and cherish its me
Happy, happy, irrecoverable days of childhood! How can one fail to love and cherish its me
The way these Russians wrote about their childhood was extraordi-nary, too. They all sum
The way these Russians wrote about their childhood was extraordi-nary, too. They all sum
The way these Russians wrote about their childhood was extraordi-nary, too. They all sum
of my boyhood’ can be felt in Benois and Stravinsky’s Petrusbka (1911). This ballet expres
of my boyhood’ can be felt in Benois and Stravinsky’s Petrusbka (1911). This ballet expres
of my boyhood’ can be felt in Benois and Stravinsky’s Petrusbka (1911). This ballet expres
’Oh please, Nurse, tell me again how the French came to Moscow.’ Thus Herzen starts his subli
’Oh please, Nurse, tell me again how the French came to Moscow.’ Thus Herzen starts his subli
’Oh please, Nurse, tell me again how the French came to Moscow.’ Thus Herzen starts his subli
been arcane chronicles of monasteries and saints, patriotic propaganda, or heavy tom
been arcane chronicles of monasteries and saints, patriotic propaganda, or heavy tom
