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Varvara Turkestanova

1775 – Saint Petersburg, 1819

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  • Born1775Records disagree1 source
  • Died1819, Saint PetersburgRecords disagree1 source

A life in time

  1. 1775

    Born

  2. 1819

    Dies in Saint Petersburg

  3. 20 Mar 1819

    A daughter is born

Family

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During her lifetime

She lived through 5 decades. Pick one to hear and see what it was like.

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The 1770s · Varvara is born

In the news1771

The 1771 Moscow Plague Epidemic

A devastating bubonic plague epidemic killed between 52,000 and 100,000 people in Moscow, about one-sixth to one-third of the city's population.

What people wore

Peasant everyday winter and summer clothing

Peasant men wore linen shirts and trousers, while women wore long linen shirts and a checkered woolen skirt called a poneva. In winter, both wore sheepskin coats with the fur turned inward to stay warm.

Daily life

Small, dim living spaces in wooden huts

The main living area of a typical wooden izba was quite small, often providing only 2 to 3 square meters per person. Rooms were frequently lit by splinter torches, and windows were often unglazed, covered instead with bull's bladder.

In the news1773–1775

The Pugachev Peasant Revolt

A massive peasant and Cossack uprising led by Yemelyan Pugachev broke out, threatening the social structure of the empire.

Music

Popular instruments and music in society

In fashionable society, the harp and guitar became increasingly popular for accompanying sentimental songs and romances, while the polonaises of the Polish composer Kozlowski were played constantly in homes and at social gatherings.

In Europe1772–1795

Poland is partitioned

Russia, Prussia and Austria divided Poland among themselves in three steps until, in 1795, it vanished from the map for 123 years.

Getting around

River crossings and ferry delays

Travel was often interrupted by river crossings, where passengers and carriages relied on slow ferries, leading to significant delays and occasional hazards like the loss of cargo or baggage.