Russian women travellers

[Sara Dickinson]

Dear Alexandra,

Thank you for your help. I'm focusing on the pre-1881 period for the 
moment, but will keep a note about these texts just in case!

Best,
Sara

A.Smith wrote:
> Dear Sarah,
>
> You might wish to add to your list of writers Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams who
> wrote a book of travel sketches on Turkey "Staraia Turtsiia I mladoturki:
> god v Konstantinopole", Petrograd, Tip. B. M. Volfa, 1916, 179p. It was
> written in 1916 when Tyrkova and her husband Harold Williams lived in Turkey
> (he worked as a British correspondent there).
> In her famous diary Marie Bashkirtseff depicts her travelling experiences in
> Spain, Italy, etc. 
> Lev Tolstoy had a very high opinion of Zinaida Gippius's travel sketch
> (ocherk) "Svetloe ozero" (Novyj Put', nos 1-2, 1904). It describes some
> sacred areas in the North of Russia, flagellants, etc.
> Zinaida Gippius's sister -- Anna Gippius- also produced  travel writing
> sketches. Her sister wrote a sketch about her visit to Solovetsky islands
> (SOLOVKI).(she wrote fiction and poetry under the pseudonym Anna
> Giz)--"Ocherk o solovetskikh ostrovakh". The shortened version of this text
> is located  at this site: http://www.rozhdestvenka.ru/gippius.htm
>
> I hope this information will be of some help to you.
>
> Best,
>
> Alexandra Smith
>
>
> Lecturer in Russian (PhD, University of London)
> Department of Russian and Slavonic Studies
> University of Sheffield
>
> Alexandra.Smith at sheffield.ac.uk
>
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