Aleksandr Nikolaevich Engelgardt's Letters from the Country, 1872-1887
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- Synopsis
- Aleksandr Nikolaevich Engelgardt's first letter "From the Country" appeared in the May 1872 issue of the literary-political journal Notes of the Fatherland, published in St. Petersburg. It was an immediate hit, and the following letters, published over the next ten years, were the most important work of this progressive publication. These letters constituted the centerpiece of debate about the peasant and Russian agriculture in Russia's post-Emancipation era. Engelgardt provided an eyewitness account of the state of agriculture and the success of the land reform, relations between the gentry and the peasantry, the structure of rural existence, and the moral climate in the villages near his estate of Batishchevo in Smolensk Province. For contemporary, educated Russians, Engelgardt was the undisputed authority and best source of information on the countryside. As the agricultural editor of the neo-Slavophile journal Rus' conceded in 1881, there was no one in Russia who could match Engelgardt's knowledge, force of argument, and precision in presentation and for that reason, the letters stood beyond criticism. This translation is ideal for anyone interested in Russian history and peasant studies.
- Copyright:
- 1993
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 300 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780195076219
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Date of Addition:
- 02/17/21
- Copyrighted By:
- Oxford University Press, Inc.
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Sociology
- Submitted By:
- Worth Trust
- Proofread By:
- Worth Trust
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Cathy Frierson
- Translator:
- Cathy Frierson