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122 položek
Radzivill
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Rane
Person[Research needed]
Rangouli
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Raphael
Person[Research needed]
Rastro
PlaceStub entry — needs research.
Rattazzi
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Ravel
PersonA carriage or vehicle that Marie uses for transportation in Nice. Referenced as needing repairs which interfere with her lesson schedule.
Raymond
Person[Research needed]
Raynaud
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Reading
CultureThis thematic tag collects diary paragraphs where Marie discusses books she is reading, literary opinions, authors, and her engagement with written texts. With 718 references across the diary, reading is one of the most pervasive themes in Marie's life, rivaling fashion, social life, and art in frequency. Marie was a voracious, multilingual, and fiercely opinionated reader whose literary judgments reveal both her intellectual ambition and her temperament. She read in at least five languages (French, Russian, English, Italian, and some Latin), consuming everything from classical antiquity to the latest naturalist novels, from political journalism to the Bible.
Reboux (Caroline Reboux)
PlaceCaroline Reboux was one of the most prestigious milliners (hat makers) in Paris during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Her boutique at 23 Rue de la Paix was established in 1865 and became the premier destination for fashionable hats.
Récamier
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Reille
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reine d Espagne
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reine de Navarre
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Religion
CultureThis thematic tag collects diary paragraphs where Marie discusses religion, prayer, God, faith, doubt, church attendance, religious ritual, superstition, and spiritual matters. With 1,548 references across the diary, it is the third most frequently used tag, reflecting how thoroughly religious life permeated Marie's existence -- not as conventional piety, but as a passionate, transactional, deeply personal dialogue with the divine that evolved from a girl's bargaining prayers to a dying woman's desperate pleas for healing.
Rembrandt
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Remy
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Rémy de Gonzalès
PersonYoung man from Baden-Baden who attempted romantic advances with Marie three years earlier (1871) when she was 12.
Rémy de Gonzalès Moreno
PersonRémy de Gonzalès Moreno was a 13-year-old boy Marie encountered in Baden-Baden around 1870. He was the son of an Argentine diplomat or official and represented the international children's society at European spa resorts.
Remy Moreno
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Rémy Moreno de Gonzalès
PersonMarie's first admirer, listed as #1 in her list of suitors.
Renaissance
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Renan
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Renard
PersonPapa's beloved pet animal (likely a dog).
Renard bleu
Person[Research needed]
Republicains
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Republique
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Republique francaise
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Revolution
Person[Research needed]
Revue nouvelle
Person[Research needed]
Rhin
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Riario Sforza
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Ribera
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Ricard
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Ricardo
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Rice
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Richard
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Rickard
PersonA person in Marie's social circle in Nice during spring 1875. Appears to be English-speaking, as Marie mentions being self-conscious about speaking English in front of Collignon when with Rickard.
Righi
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Rigoletto
Culture*Rigoletto* is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, first performed in 1851. The opera, with a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave based on Victor Hugo's play *Le roi s'amuse*, is one of Verdi's most celebrated works.
Rivoli
Person[Research needed]
Rob Roy
PersonHorse Marie rides in 1874.
Robenson
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Robert
Person[Research needed]
Robert Mitchell
Person[Research needed]
Robespierre
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Robinson
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Rochefort
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Rochefort Trial
CultureThe trial of Henri Rochefort (1830-1913), a French journalist and political figure, was a major political event in late 1880. Rochefort was a radical republican journalist known for his satirical attacks on the government and establishment.
Rochegrosse
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Rodionoff
PersonThe Rodionoff family (also spelled Rodionov) appears 10 times in Marie Bashkirtseff's diary, marking them as regular members of the Russian expatriate community in Nice during 1873-1874. The name indicates Russian noble origins.
Rodolphe
PersonThis entry is a duplicate. See [#Rodolphe_Julian](RODOLPHE_JULIAN.md) for the comprehensive entry on Rodolphe Julian (1839-1907), founder and director of the Academie Julian where Marie studied from 1877 until her death.
Rodolphe Julian
PersonPierre Louis Rodolphe Julian (13 June 1839, Lapalud, Vaucluse -- 2 February 1907, Paris) was a French painter, etcher, and art professor, founder and director of the Academie Julian in Paris. He was one of the most important figures in Marie Bashkirtseff's artistic life, as the director of the art school where she studied from 1877 until her death in 1884.
Roederer
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Rogat
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Rohan
Person[Research needed]
Roi
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Roi Candaule
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Roi d Italie
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Roi Dagobert
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Roi Danemark
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roi de Naples
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roi de Suede
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Roi de Thule
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roi Murat
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Roissard
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Roman Carnival (Carnevale di Roma)
PlaceThe traditional pre-Lenten carnival celebration in Rome, one of the most famous festivals in 19th-century Europe. The Roman Carnival was particularly renowned for its horse races (Corsa dei Barberi), masked balls, and the Corso procession.
Roman de la Momie
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Romania (Roumanie)
PlaceRomania, which gained full independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1877-1878, appears in Marie Bashkirtseff's diary in connection with Eastern European politics and the broader network of European aristocratic society. The new Kingdom of Romania (declared 1881) was part of the same Eastern European world from which the Bashkirtseff family originated.
Romanoff (Uncle)
PersonRomanoff was Marie's maternal uncle through the Babanine family - a wealthy 40-year-old bachelor who was ensnared in marriage by Marie's family through elaborate social manipulation. He had a sister whom he hadn't seen for twenty years and who was even wealthier than he was.
Romantic Philosophy
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Rome (Roma)
Place[Rome](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome), the Eternal City and capital of the [Kingdom of Italy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy) since 1871, was a transformative destination in Marie Bashkirtseff's life. Her extended stay from January 3 to April 12, 1876 (carnets 051-057, approximately 100 days) marks a decisive period in her development: artistic awakening through direct contact with the greatest Western art, a vivid experience of Roman Carnival, the Antonelli romance, and a deepening of her ambitions. The city of the Caesars and the Popes "acted upon her like strong wine," as her biographer Mathilde Blind wrote.
Rondel
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Rosalie Dame (née Pitauchard)
PersonRosalie Pitauchard, later Rosalie Dame, was Marie Bashkirtseff's personal [lady's maid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady%27s_maid) (*femme de chambre*) from approximately late 1876 or early 1877 until Marie's death in October 1884. She married Dominique Dame (whom Marie called "Pitauchard") in June 1883, but remained in Marie's service after the wedding, with her husband given a room in the basement of the household at 30 rue Ampère. With approximately 184 diary entries mentioning her across carnets 068--106 (1877--1884), Rosalie is by far the most frequently mentioned servant in the diary and one of its most vivid secondary characters.
Rosalie Léon
PersonWoman in Nice society. Originally thought to be fictional name for Wittgenstein in "Les Décavés," but appears to be real person.
Rosalie Pitauchard
PersonSee [#Rosalie](ROSALIE.md) -- Rosalie Pitauchard is Marie's lady's maid, who married Dominique Dame (called "Pitauchard" by Marie) in June 1883. Her maiden name was Pitauchard.
Rosine Mirafiore
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Rosita
PersonA friend in Marie's Parisian social circle who has recently returned from Spain. Part of the young social set that attends soirées and balls.
Rossi
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Rostowzeff
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Rothschild
Person[Research needed]
Rothschild Adolphe
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Rouher
Person[Research needed]
Roulette
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Rousseau painter
Culture[Research needed]
Rouzat
PersonA young man in the Parisian social circle around Mme de Bailleul and the Mouzay set, 1880. Marie encounters him at the Pascalis costume ball (3 May 1880) and at social evenings (18 May, 24 May 1880). He appears as a bachelor being manoeuvred in the marriage market: "Rouzat n'épousera qu'une dot" (Rouzat will only marry a dowry), Marie remarks — a dismissive but telling social observation. He is also seen alongside Soutzo.
Roy
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Royat
PlaceStub entry — needs research.
Rubioni
Place"Rubioni" was a residence or property considered by the Bashkirtseff family during their apartment-hunting in Nice in late May–June 1873. Marie mentions it (in an English passage) as "convenient enough" for her needs, particularly as it would accommodate a croquet lawn. Context suggests it is a villa or apartment building in Nice, likely named after its owner (the Rubioni family).
Rüdiger
CultureA literary or historical reference requiring further research. Possibly a character from German Romantic literature (the name Rüdiger appears in the *Nibelungenlied* as a loyal margrave) or a reference to a contemporary figure. Context from the diary entry where this appears would clarify the identification.
Rue Ampere
PlaceThe Rue Ampere is a street in the 17th arrondissement of Paris, in the Batignolles-Monceau quarter. It is referenced in Marie Bashkirtseff's diary in connection with the family's Parisian residences. The 17th arrondissement, particularly the area around the Parc Monceau and the Plaine Monceau, was a fashionable residential district in the late 19th century that attracted wealthy families, including the Bashkirtseffs.
Rue de Boulogne
Person[Research needed]
Rue de France
Person- Type: people - mentioned
rue de l Elysee
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Rue de la Paix
Person[Research needed]
Rue de la Santé
PersonRue de la Santé is a street in the 13th and 14th arrondissements of Paris, running north-south near the Observatory district. The street's name derives from a former hospital.
Rue de Rivoli
Person[Research needed]
Rue de Rome
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Rue du Cail
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Rue du Chateau dEau
Person[Research needed]
rue du Colisee
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rue du Dragon
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Rue du Lavoir
Person- Type: people - mentioned
rue du Luxembourg
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rue Fortuny
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Rue Galilee
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Rue Gioffredo
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rue Saint-Florentin
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Rue Saint-François
PersonA street in Nice where Marie encounters Prince Tchetvertinski, Mlle de Galve, and M. Zveguinzoff riding horses.
Rue Vivienne
PersonRue Vivienne is a street in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, running north from the Palais Brongniart (Stock Exchange) area.
Ruffo
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Rumpelmayer
PlaceRumpelmayer was a famous confectionery and pastry shop in Nice during the 19th century, frequently mentioned in Marie Bashkirtseff's diary. The establishment was part of the Rumpelmayer chain, which had several locations in fashionable European resort towns.
Rumpelmayer (Nice)
PlaceThe Rumpelmayer confectionery in Nice was a fashionable pastry shop where Marie went for hot chocolate and cakes. The UK translation files reference this entry under the path `places/social/RUMPELMAYER_CAFE.md`; the canonical entry is at `places/cities/RUMPELMAYER.md`.
Russia
PlaceRussia --- the [Russian Empire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire) --- is Marie Bashkirtseff's homeland, the country she left at age ten or eleven and never ceased to invoke as "ma patrie." Though she spent most of her conscious life in Nice and Paris, Russia remains the gravitational center of her identity: the source of her family's wealth and social standing, the object of her patriotic emotion, and the place she simultaneously yearns for and refuses to inhabit. The word "Russie" appears over 400 times in the diary, far more than any other country, spanning every register from practical family business to existential longing.
Russian
CultureRussian (русский язык) is Marie's native family language and a core marker of her identity. While she writes her diary entirely in French --- the prestige language of the Russian aristocracy and the language she was most comfortable composing in --- Russian permeates the text as code-switches, quoted speech, translated proverbs, cultural vocabulary, and metalinguistic commentary. Marie identifies as Russian throughout her life: "je puis dire que je *parle* le russe, le français, l'anglais et l'italien" (September 15, 1873). At the 1883 Salon, the painter Bouguereau identifies her simply as "une Russe" (March 31, 1883). Her Russian identity shapes her social world, her religious practice, her family dynamics, and her emotional vocabulary.
Russian Empress
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Russian Orthodox Church
Place- Type: places - churches
Russian Orthodox Church, Geneva
PlaceThe Russian Orthodox Church in Geneva (formally: Cathédrale de l'Exaltation de la Sainte-Croix / Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross) is located at Rue De-Beaumont 18, between the Old Town and the Boulevard des Tranchées. The church was authorized by Geneva's authorities in 1859 after a growing Russian Orthodox community had established itself in the city. Funded in part by Grand Duchess Anna Fyodorovna (sister-in-law of Tsar Alexander I), it was designed by the architect Grimm (professor at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts) and completed in 1866. (Source: Wikipedia, "Russian Church, Geneva"; Sacred Destinations.)
Rute
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Ruy Blas
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Ruysdael
Person- Type: people - mentioned