Vera Aksakova

Vera Sergueïevna Aksakova or Vera Axakova (19 February 1819 – 9 March 1864) was a Russian writer known for her diaries at the time of the Crimean War in a Slavophile family.

Vera Aksakova
self portrait
Born19 February 1819
Nova Aksakovo
Died9 March 1864
Moscow
NationalityRussian Empire

Life

Aksakova was born in Moscow in 1819. She was the eldest daughter of Sergey Aksakov. Her brothers Konstantin and Ivan Aksakov were both noted Slavophiles.[1] When her father began to write "The History of My Acquaintance with Gogol" she acted as his assistant and as he lost his eyesight she became his amanuensis.[2]

Aksakova is known for her diary which gives an interesting insight into Russian life during the Crimea War. It starts on 14 November 1854 and ends a year later on 15 November.[1] She reports hopefully on the death of Tsar Nicholas I in a three page entry. She feels regret that a man has died but is optimistic about his successor.[3] She later records the loss of national prestige with her country's defeat at the Siege of Sebastopol.[1]

References
  1. Marina Ledkovskai͡a-Astman; Charlotte Rosenthal; Mary Fleming Zirin (1994). Dictionary of Russian Women Writers. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 14–15. ISBN 978-0-313-26265-4.
  2. "Vera Aksakova biography". Peoples.ru. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
  3. Peter K. Christoff (14 July 2014). K.S. Aksakov, A Study in Ideas, Vol. III: An Introduction to Nineteenth-Century Russian Slavophilism. Princeton University Press. pp. 163–. ISBN 978-1-4008-5350-2.
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