Diary of Marie Bashkirtseff

Orel (Oryol)

Орёл (Oryol)

Also known as: Orel, gouvernement d'Orel

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Overview

Russian city on the Oka, south of Moscow, capital of the province (gouvernement) of the same name (Wikipedia, "Oryol").

References in Diary

  • 1873-08-22 (008.0113): «les revenus du petit bien Orel», a small family property whose revenue Marie wants as her allowance. Whether the estate lay in Orel province or was merely called so is not stated.
  • 1876-07-13 (063.0221): «Mon père télégraphie qu'il est à Orel mais qu'à mon arrivée il sera chez lui.»
  • 1876-09-23 (066): Marie asks her father to take her «dans le gouvernement d'Orel où se trouvent les meilleurs haras de Russie» (the carnet's footnote there covers the horse breeding).

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