Diary of Marie Bashkirtseff

Sorokooumovski

Also known as: Sorokooumovski

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Research Status: Basic Last Updated: 2025-07-06 Diary Coverage: Up to 1874-04-01

Identity

Wealthy Russian fur merchant family with a bachelor heir proposed as match for Marie.

Diary References

1874

  • April 1: Proposed as "un fiancé excellent" (excellent fiancé) for Marie by the Karitoffs. Has 400,000 roubles annual income. Related to Karitoffs as either son-in-law, cousin, or brother-in-law. Marie horrified by the name: "So-ro-ko-ou-mov-ski!"

Context

  • Fur trade merchants ("vendent des fourrures")
  • Extremely wealthy ("richissimes")
  • 400,000 roubles annual income (enormous sum)
  • Marie calls them "braves boutiquiers" (good shopkeepers) - condescending
  • Name analysis: Сорокоумовский (forty-minded/clever)
  • Represents new merchant wealth vs old nobility

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Research Notes

  • Russian fur trade wealth
  • 400,000 roubles = approximately 1.5 million francs
  • Class tensions: merchant wealth vs aristocratic heritage
  • Russian naming patterns and Marie's mockery

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