Encyclopedia of Russian Life; 19th Century dress and more

[Alexandra Popoff]

Andrew:

I would highly recommend a recent edition of Gogol's Dead Souls (Mertvye 
dushi, Predislovie i kommentarii L. V. Belovinskogo, OLMA-PRESS 
Ekslibris, 2005), in Russian. I bought the book in Moscow. It's a truly 
encyclopedic edition providing detailed illustrated references to 
Gogol's text. 19th Century women's and men's dress, of all classes, is 
given much attention. Illustrations are drawn from the archives, Russian 
State Library (former Lenin Library), 19th century Russian paintings, 
first illustrated Gogol editions, etc. It's an excellent reference on 
various items of clothing, houseware, furniture and design, all 
illustrated beautifully and explained with authority (the editorial 
board includes academicians A.O. Chubarian and A.A. Fursenko.)

As I gather from the introduction, the book is a first in the series, 
Encyclopedia of Russian Life. Turgenev's Hunting Sketches are expected 
to be next.

You can order the book from the publisher:

http://www.eastview.com/xq/ASP/sku=A2081767/f_locale=/Gogol'/Nikolai/Vasil'evich/Moskva/Russia/Russian/qx/russian/books/product.asp

Hope this helps.

Alexandra Popoff
 
Andrew Otty wrote:

> Can anyone suggest a good resource (book / web etc) for finding images 
> of late-C19th provincial-Russian dress (mainly merchant class, but 
> also cossacks and low-ranking civil servants)? Also, what did people 
> wear to swim?!
>
> Many thanks
> Andrew
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