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Yevgeni Ivanovich Alekseyev

Saint Petersburg, 13 May 1843 – Yalta, 27 May 1917

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  • Born13 May 1843, Saint Petersburgnot verified1 source
  • Titleviceroyor member of the State Council of the Russian Empirenot verified1 source
  • Titlemember of the State Council of the Russian Empireor viceroynot verified1 source
  • Died27 May 1917, Yaltanot verified1 source
  • FatherAlexander II of Russianot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 13 May 1843

    Born in Saint Petersburg

  2. 27 May 1917

    Dies in Yalta, aged 74

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During his lifetime

He lived through 8 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Saint Petersburg.

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The 1840s · Yevgeni is born in Saint Petersburg

In the news1848

Cholera and Crop Failures in 1848

In 1848, a major cholera epidemic, coupled with a bad harvest and dry weather that caused widespread town fires, severely disrupted the lives of the agrarian population.

Getting around

Four-day coach journeys between capitals

Traveling between St. Petersburg and Moscow by stagecoach took four days of constant travel before the railway was completed.

In Europe1845–1852

The Great Famine in Ireland

Potato blight ruined harvests: a million Irish people died and a million more emigrated, many to America.

Daily life

Low rates of peasant literacy and education

Literacy among serfs was extremely low, with estimates not exceeding 1%. Education was largely confined to home training by local sextons or clerks, often limited to reading, writing, and basic arithmetic.

What people wore

Peasant women's daily and festive attire

Peasant women wore a woolen skirt called a ponyova over a linen shirt, and they protected their hair with headdresses like the soroka, as showing hair was shameful for married women.

Music

Improvisational pliaska dances and percussion

Fast-paced pliaska dances were characterized by individual improvisations, sometimes accompanied by improvised percussion like wooden spoons or metal pots when standard instruments were unavailable.

At the table

Everyday Drinks of the Peasantry

Kvass, a drink made from rye flour and malt, was the most common everyday beverage for ordinary people. While tea culture was starting to spread, it remained a luxury for many rural families, who often only drank it during illness or on special occasions.