Family Chronicle

"My grandfather couldn’t bear living in the Simbirsk province in his ancestral estate — the one granted to his ancestors by the Moscow Tsars…" Thus begins the story of the Bagrov family and their relocation to the Trans-Volga steppes, in Orenburg lands — as told by the great Russian writer Sergey Timofeyevich Aksakov. Faithful to family traditions and memories of his roots, the author recreates a vivid, credible picture of the gentry life of the 18th century. A everyday-life story told simply, without verbal tricks, has entered the treasury of classical Russian prose.