The Domestic Life of Russian Tsarinas
15 hrs. 58 min.
Description
The traditional splendor and seclusion of the Russian grand-princely, and later tsarist, court invariably aroused the curiosity of contemporaries, a curiosity destined to remain unsatisfied: entry into the inner chambers of the palace, especially into its women’s quarters, was forbidden to practically everyone, except for a narrow circle of servants and relatives. To penetrate this world hidden from outsiders, and to do so delicately, without becoming carried away by the romantic legends or fantastic gossip inevitable in such a situation, is no easy task. Historians attracted by the general patterns of the development of the state, economy, and society rarely turn to such topics. However, there are happy exceptions — the works of the outstanding Russian historian and archaeologist Ivan Yegorovich Zabelin (1820–1908). The internal routine, everyday way of life of the Moscow palace, and the relationships of its inhabitants are traced by Zabelin in all their picturesque detail, with a detailed description of the various rites and ceremonies accompanied by explanations of their ritual meaning and deep significance. All of I.E. Zabelin’s accounts are based on authentic historical material with which he had the opportunity to become acquainted while working in the archive of the Armoury Chamber of the Moscow Kremlin. The heroes of this study, as well as the interiors that surrounded them, household objects, and architectural monuments, including those that have not survived to our time, are widely represented in the numerous illustrations in this edition.
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