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Kanschine
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Kapitan
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Kapitanenko
PersonKapitanenko is mentioned as someone who was fetched to attend Paul and Nini's wedding celebration at Micha's country estate.
Kapnist
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Karageorgevitch
Person[Research needed]
Karageorgevitch Prince
Person[Research needed]
Karageorgevitch Princesse
Person[Research needed]
Karaouleff
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Karitoff
PersonRussian family who dines at London House and admires Marie, seeking to arrange a marriage match.
Karkoff (Kharkiv / Харків)
PlaceKarkoff (now Kharkiv, Ukrainian: Харків) is a major city in northeastern Ukraine, the second-largest city in Ukraine. In 1881, it was an important administrative, commercial, and cultural center of the Russian Empire.
Karlsbad (Carlsbad / Karlovy Vary)
PlaceKarlsbad (now Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic) was one of Europe's most prestigious spa towns, famous for its hot mineral springs and elegant Kur (cure) culture. Located in Bohemia (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire), it was a regular destination for European aristocracy and the wealthy bourgeoisie seeking health treatments and social display. The Bashkirtseff family likely visited as part of the circuit of fashionable European spa towns.
Kars
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Katherine Kernberger
PersonKatherine Kernberger is an American scholar, translator, and editor who produced the first unabridged English translation of Marie Bashkirtseff's diary. Her two-volume edition, published by Fonthill Press in 2013, is the definitive English-language reference for the complete diary.
Katia (Filimonoff)
PersonBride at the Filimonoff Russian Orthodox wedding Marie attends. A young Russian woman marrying into the Potemkine family.
Katorbinsky
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Katsai
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Kazaï
PlaceA location in Baden-Baden where Marie once saw the Duke of Hamilton, now part of her treasured memories of him.
Kazan Cathedral (Cathedrale de Kazan)
PlaceThe Kazan Cathedral (Kazansky Sobor) is one of the most prominent churches in St. Petersburg, located on the Nevsky Prospect. Built 1801-1811 by architect Andrei Voronikhin, its design was inspired by St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, featuring a magnificent colonnade of 96 columns. It housed the revered icon of Our Lady of Kazan and served as the cathedral of the diocese of St. Petersburg.
Kechko
PersonYoung woman described as "horribly beautiful" with a "detestable name" who causes Azarevitch to blush.
Kefe
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Kennedy
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Kessler
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Khalkionoff
PersonA young Russian man who dies in Nice on March 14, 1874 at 5 PM. Marie remembers him as good, upright, and modest.
Kharkoff (Kharkiv)
PlaceKharkoff (Ukrainian: Харків, Kharkiv; Russian: Харьков, Kharkov) was a major city in northeastern Ukraine and the capital of Kharkov Governorate in the Russian Empire. In Marie's family history, it served as the theatrical setting for the elaborate courtship scheme to ensnare her uncle Romanoff.
Kharkov (Kharkiv)
PlaceKharkov (now Kharkiv, Ukraine) was one of the major cities of the Russian Empire's Ukrainian provinces, and the closest large city to the Bashkirtseff family's estates in the Poltava region. In the 1870s-1880s, Kharkov was a growing industrial and educational center, home to the University of Kharkov (founded 1804) and serving as an important administrative hub.
Kiev (Kyiv / Київ)
PlaceKiev (Ukrainian: Київ, Kyiv; Russian: Киев) is a major historic city in Ukraine, situated on the Dnieper River. Marie visits in July 1881 during her journey from Gavronzi back to Western Europe.
Kiki
PersonKiki was a visitor to Marie's home in Paris in October 1880. On October 17, Kiki came with Saint-Amand while Marie and her aunt were at the Concert Pasdeloup. On October 25, they found Kiki waiting when they returned home.
King Alfonso XII
Person- Type: people - mentioned
King Humbert
Person[Research needed]
King of Hanover
PersonThe last King of Hanover, whose son visits Nice in February 1874. Hanover was annexed by Prussia in 1866, ending the kingdom.
Kinsky
CultureA young man who participates in jumping rope contests with Boreel and Emile d'Audiffret at the London House restaurant.
Kirch
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Kireyewsky
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Kirsh
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Kitty
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Klein
CultureKlein was a shop on the boulevards of Paris where Marie purchased small accessories in August 1873. The shop also displayed photographs, including portraits by the photographer Walery.
Koblenz
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Koechlin
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Kolemine
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Kondareff
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Kondratieff
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Konigstein
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Konotop
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Korsakoff
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Koucheleff
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Koukoueff
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Koulibiaks
PersonRussian savory pies (кулебяка/kulebyaka), traditional festive food ordered by Marie for the villa blessing ceremony.
Krassowsky
PersonMember of the Cercle de la Méditerranée in Nice.
Kremlin (Le Kremlin)
PlaceThe Moscow Kremlin is a fortified complex at the heart of Moscow, serving as the historic center of Russian political and religious power. The triangular enclosure, surrounded by red brick walls with twenty towers, contains palaces, cathedrals, and government buildings spanning centuries of Russian history. In Marie Bashkirtseff's time, the Kremlin was the ceremonial center of the Russian Empire, where coronations and major state events took place.
Kremontchougy (Kremenchug)
PlaceKremontchougy (Kremenchug/Кременчуг in Russian) is a town in the Poltava Governorate in central Ukraine, situated on the Dnieper River. Marie visits here during her Russian summer in 1881.
Krishaber
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Krohn
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Kronneberg
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Krumling
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Kurhaus
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Kursaal
PlaceThe Kursaal (from German: Kur = cure/treatment + Saal = hall) was the central social and entertainment venue at European spa resorts and seaside towns during the 19th century. In Marie Bashkirtseff's diary, the Kursaal appears primarily in her accounts of Ostende (August 1874).
Kursaal Ostende
PersonStub entry — needs research.