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Durova, N. A.
Muut nimet
Sokolov, Alexander
Durov, Alexander
Durova, Nadezhda Andreevna
Syntymäaika
1783-09-17
Kuolinaika
1866-03-21
Sukupuoli
female
Kansalaisuus
Russian Empire
Syntymäpaikka
Kiev, Russian Empire
Kuolinpaikka
Yelabuga, Russia
Ammatit
cavalry officer
writer
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Nadezhda Durova was the child of Andrei Durov, a hussar officer, and Aleksandra Aleksandrova, the beautiful daughter of a Ukrainian landowner, who had eloped together. She grew up in the care of soldiers after an incident in which her mother nearly killed her. In 1801, she left home to marry a clerk named V. Chernov, with whom she had a son. Nadezhda returned to her father's house shortly afterwards. Around 1806, she began to disguise herself as a man, taking the name "Alexander Sokolov." She enlisted in a light cavalry regiment and first saw action at the battle of Guttstadt on May 22, 1807. Nadezhda participated in the Russian campaign against the invasion of the Emperor Napoleon and was awarded the St. George Cross for heroism. By 1816, she had reached the rank of captain. That year, she acceded to her father's request to retire from the military and return to help him run the family estate. In the following years, Nadezhda continued to refer to herself as a man, even among people who knew her from childhood, and began to write. Besides her memoirs, which were immensely popular and significant for their documentation of the Napoleonic wars (and as one of the earliest autobiographies in the Russian language) Nadezhda wrote four novels and numerous short stories. The poet and writer Aleksandr Pushkin became a great admirer and published her work in his literary magazine, Contemporary. It was Pushkin who gave her the nickname "Cavalry Maiden." She was buried in men's clothing with full military honors. A Russian opera, operetta, and film have been based on her life.

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Jonesy_now | 3 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Sep 24, 2021 |
This is taken from the journals of Nadezhda Durova who disguised as a man and joined the Russian cavalry in 1806. Rumours about her reached tsar Alexander I and she continued her career with this protection. She took part in the entire campaign against Napoleon and finally quitted the service to return to her family.
This was an odd read, her adoration for the tsar and her enjoyment of the free life she led in male disguise are described in gushing, almost fervent prose. But she also comes across as a high-handed aristocrat in her treatment of civilians, and her attitude towards the many different peoples in the Russian empire that she meets is often contradictory. She tells little about training and actual service in the cavalry, and one gets the impression that there wasn't much of it. She appears to have had quite a lot of free time to read and explore the countryside wherever she was posted. Her sojourn in Holstein comes in for particular praise, maybe she was prepared to find everything wonderful because the Imperial family had its roots there.
The edition is very satisfactory, Zirin provides translations for Durova's many expressions in other languages, she adds biographical information for many of the officers mentioned in the text and she provides historical context whenever Durova's account disagrees with the official chronology and her service record.
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