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Elena Pavlovna (Russian: Елена Павловна; 24 December [O.S. 13 December] 1784 – 24 September [O.S. 12 September] 1803) was a grand duchess of Russia as the daughter of Paul I, the Russian emperor, and later became the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin as the wife of the Hereditary Grand Duke Frederick Louis (1778 ...
Sep 27, 2017 · Elena Pavlovna appears in every serious account of Russia’s Great Reforms, yet her name is much better known than her life. Marina Soroka and Charles Ruud have attempted to resolve this conundrum in their new book. Soroka and Ruud only address the question of the Great Reforms in the final chapters of their book.
- Michael Hughes
- 2017
Princess Charlotte of Württemberg (9 January 1807 – 2 February [ O.S. 21 January] 1873), later known as Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna, was the wife of Grand Duke Michael Pavlovich of Russia, the youngest son of Emperor Paul I of Russia and Duchess Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg . Early life.
Elena Pavlovna ( Russian: Елена Павловна; 24 December [ O.S. 13 December] 1784 – 24 September [ O.S. 12 September] 1803) was a grand duchess of Russia as the daughter of Paul I, the Russian emperor, and later became the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin as the wife of the Hereditary Grand Duke Frederick Louis (1778 ...
Few could have predicted that Princess Fredericke Charlotte, the future Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna, was destined to become one of the architects of the emancipation of serfs in the Russian Empire.
1 he Marquis De Custine's description of Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna in 1839 as "one of the most distinguished personages in Europe" was not in the least hyperbolic.1 Elena Pavlovna made outstanding contributions to Russian life in art, literature, music, and medicine. From the 1840s into the 1860s she presided over the most brilliant salon in
Yelena Pavlovna's death at Stuttgart on 21 January 1873 caused the postponement of the premiere of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 2 at an RMS concert in Moscow. The composer's opera Vakula the Smith (1874) was dedicated to the Grand Duchess's memory. Dedications.
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