The Memoirs of Princess Dashkova
The Memoirs of Princess Dashkova

Author: Ekaterina Romanovna Dashkova

Publisher: Ravenio Books

Published: 2014-03-08

Total Pages: 671

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Princess Yekaterina Romanovna Vorontsova-Dashkova (1743 – 1810) was a leading figure of the Russian Enlightenment and the closest female friend of Empress Catherine the Great. By her own account, she played a critical role in the coup d'état by which the autocratic Peter III was overthrown and Catherine was raised to the throne. In her travels abroad, she met Diderot, Voltaire and Benjamin Franklin. Catherine later named her the first female head of the Imperial Academy of Arts and Sciences, and then the Russian Academy.

Dashkova
Dashkova

Author: Alexander WoronzoffDashkoff

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 378

ISBN-13: 0871692767

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A woman of letters and the first woman member of the Amer. Philos. Soc., Ekaterina Romanovna Dashkova (nee Vorontsova) was also the first modern stateswoman in Russia. Dashkova was appointed director of the Acad. of Sciences by Catherine II and she founded and became Pres. of the Russian Acad. For 12 years, she headed both these prestigious academic institutions. She was a leading figure in 18th-cent. Russian culture as she strove to institute reforms, to adapt and apply the ideas of the Enlightenment, and to establish new approaches to the educ. of Russia’s youth. This biography focuses on Dashkova’s efforts in her life and works to isolate, clarify, and define patterns of action, identity, and gender for herself as well as for other women. Illus.

Dashkova
Dashkova

Author: Alexander Woronzoff-Dashkoff

Publisher:

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 392

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A woman of letters and the first woman member of the Amer. Philos. Soc., Ekaterina Romanovna Dashkova (nee Vorontsova) was also the first modern stateswoman in Russia. Dashkova was appointed director of the Acad. of Sciences by Catherine II and she founded and became Pres. of the Russian Acad. For 12 years, she headed both these prestigious academic institutions. She was a leading figure in 18th-cent. Russian culture as she strove to institute reforms, to adapt and apply the ideas of the Enlightenment, and to establish new approaches to the educ. of Russia's youth. This biography focuses on Dashkova's efforts in her life and works to isolate, clarify, and define patterns of action, identity, and gender for herself as well as for other women. Illus.

The Spectator
The Spectator

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Publisher:

Published: 1840

Total Pages: 1256

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