| Titre | « Я России и русских не забываю » [Двадцать пять писем барона де Дама к семейству Олениных] | |
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| Auteur | Petr Zaborov | |
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Revue | Cahiers du monde russe |
| Numéro | volume 39, no 3, juillet-septembre 1998 | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Russie, XVIIIe-XIXe siècles |
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| Page | 321-360 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Petr Zaborov, "I cannot forget Russia or the Russians." Twenty-five letters from the Baron de Damas to the Olenin family. The Baron de Damas (1785- 1862) was born into an aristocratic family who went into exile after the French Revolution. He received military training in Russia, and returned to France while taking part in the Russian military operations there. In 1813, he decided to stay in France and embarked on a long career in the royal family. He was, to name but a few of his activities, Minister of War, of Foreign Policy, and was named private tutor to the Duke of Bordeaux. For nearly half a century, he corresponded with the Olenin family whom he had met during his stay in Russia. At their home, he had had the opportunity to meet the artists and poets who visited Aleksei Nikolaevich Olenin, then director of the Imperial Public Library and president of the Academy of Fine Arts. This correspondence, which has hitherto been only partly published, is published here in its entirety. It provides the reader not only with information on political events both in France and Europe as well as on the baron's family life and occupations, but also with comments of a historical or philosophical nature on progress, religion, war, man's fate, etc., which reflect a conservative world view tinged with pessimism. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/cmr_1252-6576_1998_num_39_3_2527 |
