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Aleksey Paskhin

Saint Petersburg, 29 Apr 1831 – 2 Jul 1863

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Facts and their sources

  • Born29 Apr 1831, Saint Petersburgor 17 Apr 1831Records disagree1 source
  • Died2 Jul 1863not verified1 source
  • FatherNicholas I of RussiaHypothesisRecords disagree1 source
  • MotherVarvara Nelidovanot verified1 source

A life in time

  1. 29 Apr 1831

    Born in Saint Petersburg

  2. 2 Jul 1863

    Dies, aged 32

Family

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During his lifetime

He lived through 4 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like around Saint Petersburg.

General history, not a record about the family: each item says where it comes from.

The 1830s · Aleksey is born in Saint Petersburg

In the news1837

First Public Railway Opens in 1837

In 1837, the first public passenger railway opened, running between St. Petersburg and Tsarskoe Selo, marking the beginning of the railway age in Russia.

Getting around

Travel times to Siberia varied wildly

In 1827, traveling by road from Moscow to Irkutsk took 23 days, which was considered extremely fast for that time. In mud-prone seasons, however, the same journey could take up to nine months.

Around the world1832

Cholera spreads around the world

A cholera pandemic from India reached Europe and the Americas; cities learned the hard way about clean water and sewers.

Daily life

Peasant cooking methods and meat consumption

In the first half of the 19th century, food was prepared in the Russian oven using clay pots, and occasionally metal cast iron pots, to preserve heat. Peasants typically ate meat only on rare occasions like Christmas or Easter due to poverty and religious fasts.

What people wore

A single lifetime festive outfit

Peasants often prepared one high-quality outfit in their youth that was kept for their entire lives to be worn only on the most important feast days.

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

Meal Customs in Peasant Households

Peasant families frequently ate from common dishes without individual cutlery, often eating in a set order led by the head of the household. Hygiene was minimal; dishes were typically rinsed in cold water after use rather than thoroughly washed.