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554 записів
M Afrossimoff
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M Alphonse
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M Alphonse Gent
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M Andrieux
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M Ange
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M Anitchkoff
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M Antonsky
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M Bashkirtseff
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M Baudry d Asson
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M Beketoff
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M Billioti
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M Boje
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M Boulatzel
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M Copeland
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M d Alt
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M d Andigne
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M d Aspremont
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M d Egremont
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M d Osmond
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M de Baudry d Asson
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M de Baudry d Asson
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M de Beaurepaire
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M de Bismarck
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M de Cassagnac
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M de Cessole
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M de Chambord
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M de Contades
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M de Freycinet
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M de Jobal
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M de Lindemann
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M de Marcere
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M de Morgan
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M de Morgan de Mauricourt
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M de Multedo
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M de Plancy
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M de Savigny
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M de Tanlay
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M de Tarente
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M de Tunis
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M de Vallon
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M de Valon
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M des Perrieres
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M Dourassoff
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M et Mme Afrossimoff
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M et Mme Coube
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M Foster
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M Franceschi
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M Frieman
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M Gambetta
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M Gavini
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M Gent
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M Georges
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M Goldsmid
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M Grevy
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M Haussmann
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M Howard
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M Janvier de la Motte
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M Joyeuse
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M Julian
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M Krantz
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M Lacon
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M Lafontaine
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M Leclerc
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M Maltzov
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M Marx
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M Mawley
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M Muhle
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M Multedo
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M Noley
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M Patton
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M Peyrusse
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M Philippini
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M Rembelinsky
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M Robert Lancaster
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M Rouher
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M Spuller
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M Tarbe
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M Thiers
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M Thompson
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M Turquan
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M Vesselowsky
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M. Barnola
PersonAttendee at Nice social events.
M. Bernisse
PersonMan marrying the elder Mlle Sabatier in 1874.
M. Berr
PersonYoung man serving as groomsman at Filimonoff wedding.
M. Blanc
Person"Blanc" in Marie Bashkirtseff's diary refers to two distinct individuals across different periods:
M. de La Boissière
PersonFrench gentleman in Nice society.
M. de Miranda
PersonM. de Miranda was a family friend who appears in Marie's diary in October 1880. He had a grown daughter of twenty years old but appeared quite young himself. Marie describes him as "very amiable."
M. Doublansky
PersonA neighbor of the Bashkirtseff family in Ukraine (likely Poltava region) who was the previous victim of the Zankovsky family's predatory scheme before they targeted Paul Bashkirtseff.
M. et Mme de Pierlay
PersonSocial visitors to the Bashkirtseff family in Nice during February 1873. Marie notes having a fifteen-minute conversation with them during an evening visit.
M. Gambart
PersonGentleman at theater in Nice society.
M. Hartung
PersonA person who left a calling card at the Bashkirtseff residence, discovered belatedly by Marie's aunt.
M. Nagornoff
PlaceMusician giving concerts in Nice during 1874 season.
M. Oustimovitch
CultureM. Oustimovitch is the Marshal of Nobility (maréchal de la noblesse) for the entire Poltava Governorate, a position significantly higher than Marie's father's role as marshal for just one district.
M. Paskevitch
PlaceM. Paskevitch is a Russian aristocrat and former diplomat who suffered a dramatic fall from wealth and social position. Marie encounters him in Warsaw in July 1881.
M. Patchenko
PersonM. Patchenko is the father-in-law of Paul (Marie's cousin). Marie describes him as having "une conduite aussi détestable" (detestable conduct) toward Paul and especially toward Paul's wife, whom he leaves without money in a foreign family.
M. Potemkine
PersonRussian gentleman, engaged to Mlle Filimonoff.
M. Tormosoff
CultureRussian gentleman in Nice society.
M. Zibine
PersonRussian gentleman, concert commissioner in Nice.
Mabille
Person[Research needed]
Mac Donald
Person[Research needed]
Mac Loren
PlaceWoman in Nice society described as "très gentille."
Mac Mahon
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Macainne
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Macainne Family
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Macaulay
CultureThomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859), British historian and Whig politician, author of "The History of England."
Machenka
PersonWife of Uncle Stiopa who visits Nice with him in January 1874 and continues as regular household companion.
Mackay
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Mâcon
PlaceMâcon is a city in eastern France in the Burgundy region, located on the Saône River. It served as an important stop on the railway line between Paris and the Mediterranean coast.
Madame Aleinikoff
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Madame Batourine
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Madame Boyd
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Madame Brenne
PersonMadame Brenne was one of Marie Bashkirtseff's French governesses during her childhood in Russia. She is described as having:
Madame Brooks
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Madame Conti Damoreau
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Madame de Brimond
PersonMadame de Brimond was a Parisian friend of Marie and her aunt in 1880. Marie describes her as "a charming woman."
Madame de Brimont
PersonA woman in Marie's Parisian social circle during the early 1880s. Marie finds social interactions at Mme de Brimont's gatherings difficult, mentioning occasions where she couldn't find "deux mots de suite" (two words in a row).
Madame de Fayet
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Madame de Larderei
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Madame de Mirafiore
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Madame de Mouzay
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Madame de Pourtales
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Madame de Sévigné
PersonMarie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (5 February 1626 – 17 April 1696), known as Madame de Sévigné, was a French aristocrat celebrated for her letters and epistolary style.
Madame de Tunis
PersonA woman in Parisian society who hosts social events during the 1881 season.
Madame Doubelt
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Madame Gavini
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Madame Gredelue
PersonMadame Gredelue was a young widow, age 25, who posed as a model for Marie at the Académie Julian in October 1880. Marie describes her as extraordinarily beautiful with striking coloring:
Madame Howard
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Madame Kanschine
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Madame l'Archiduc
PersonA popular song or operetta that Marie is obsessed with in April 1875. She says she "raffole" (is crazy about) it and sings it constantly.
Madame la Coquine
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Madame Melnikoff
PersonMadame Melnikoff was one of Marie Bashkirtseff's early Russian governesses during Marie's childhood in Ukraine, before the family left Russia in 1870. She was specifically responsible for teaching music and dance.
Madame Plevasko
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Madame Ponce
PersonMadame Ponce was Marie's guitar teacher, whom Marie refers to as "ma négresse" (my negress) - likely indicating she was of African or mixed-race origin. She taught Spanish songs and guitar.
Madame Recamier
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Madame Volkovitsky
PlaceMadame Volkovitsky was a Russian woman from Poltava who dined with the Bashkirtseff family in Paris in January 1880.
Madame Yorke
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Madeleine
Person[Research needed]
Madeleine Delsarte
PlaceFellow art student and friend of Marie Bashkirtseff at the Académie Julian in Paris.
Mademoiselle de Maupin
Person*Mademoiselle de Maupin* is a novel by Théophile Gautier, first published in 1835. It is one of the earliest French novels to explore cross-dressing and androgyny, and is considered a key text in the development of "art for art's sake" (*l'art pour l'art*).
Mademoiselle de Villevieille
PlaceMademoiselle de Villevieille was a fellow student at the Académie Julian with noble origins (indicated by the "de" particle). She was a consistent companion of Marie's during artistic outings and Salon visits.
Mademoiselle Oelsnitz
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mademoiselle Samary
PersonJeanne Samary (1857-1890) was a celebrated French actress at the Comédie-Française, known for her beauty, charm, and infectious laughter. She became one of the most popular actresses in Paris during the 1870s-1880s.
Madrazo
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Madrazzo
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Madrid
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Magarnoff
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Magdeleine Delsarte
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Magnetisme
Person[Research needed]
Maille
Person[Research needed]
Mainz
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Maison de Blanc
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Maison Laferriere
CultureMaison Laferriere was a prestigious Parisian haute couture house founded by Madeleine Laferriere (1847-1912) in 1869 at 28, rue Taitbout, Paris. It was one of the leading fashion houses of the Second Empire and Third Republic, ranked alongside Doucet, Paquin, and Worth. Compared to Worth's "massif et severe" aesthetic, Laferriere offered a lighter, more refined style.
Maizonie
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Major Fridolin
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Makaroff
PersonMakaroff (sometimes spelled Makarof in different sources) was one of Marie Bashkirtseff's teachers during her stay in Nice in 1873. He appears to have been a Russian expatriate who provided private lessons to children of Russian noble families.
Malborough
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Malezieux
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Malzoff
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Mam zelle Acard
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Manara
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Manby
PersonLondon tailor competing with Wolmershausen.
Manderstern
PersonManderstern was the marshal of nobility (maréchal de la noblesse) for the province (gouvernement) of Poltava in Russia in 1880. This was an elected position among the nobility, responsible for representing noble interests to the government.
Mandoline
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Manege Latry
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Manet
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Mania
PersonCharming young woman, sister of Katia who married Potemkine.
Manotte
CultureMarie's music teacher who hosts musical matinées. Later revealed to be ill-tempered and disrespectful.
Mantel
PersonMilliner who sends hats to Marie.
Manzoni
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Marc
PlaceMember of Howard family circle, likely one of the children.
Marcel
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Marche
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Marchese Santasiglia
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Marcuard
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Marechal
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Maréchal Canrobert
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Marechal de Castellane
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Marechale
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Maréchale Canrobert
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Margherita di Savoia
PersonMargherita Maria Teresa Giovanna di Savoia (20 November 1851 -- 4 January 1926) was the Queen consort of Italy as the wife of King Umberto I, who reigned from 1878 to 1900. She was widely admired for her beauty, elegance, and patronage of the arts.
Margot
PersonMargot is the three-year-old daughter of Sperandio and his wife (Pacha's sister). Marie describes her as "gentille" (sweet/nice).
Marguerite
Person[Research needed]
Marguerite de Valois
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Maria
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Maria Dimitrievna
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Maria Stepanovna Babanina
PersonMaria Stepanovna Babanina (1833-1920) was Marie Bashkirtseff's mother and a significant influence in her life. She came from the Russian *petite noblesse* (lesser nobility) and was proud of her Tatar ancestry.
Marie
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Marie Ambre
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Marie Anitchkoff
PlaceYoung daughter of Mme Anitchkoff, described by Marie as one of the poorly dressed children.
Marie Bashkirtseff
Person**Marie Bashkirtseff** (Maria Konstantinovna Bashkirtseva; 24 November 1858 – 31 October 1884) was the author of the diary we are translating. Ukrainian-born painter, sculptor, diarist, and proto-feminist who lived and worked in Paris. Died of tuberculosis at age 25.
Marie Bashkirtseff aunt
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Marie Bashkirtseff mother
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Marie Delsarte
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Marie Fabbricatore
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Marie Filimonoff (Mania)
PersonDaughter of the Filimonoff family, a young woman who asks Marie to call her by the diminutive "Mania." She is part of Marie's social circle in Nice.
Marie Ivanovna Perlik
PersonMarie Ivanovna Perlik appears in a crucial anecdote in Marie Bashkirtseff's diary entry of September 1, 1873. She is presented as a woman who tried to warn Marie's mother against marrying Constantin Bashkirtseff (Marie's father).
Marie Leontievna
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Marie Presseq
Person[Research needed]
Marie Sapogenikoff
PersonOne of the Sapogenikoff daughters, a close friend of Marie Bashkirtseff in Nice during 1875. She is part of the Russian expatriate community and participates in social adventures with Marie.
Marie-Antoinette
CultureMarie-Antoinette (1755-1793), Queen of France, wife of Louis XVI, executed during the French Revolution. Her tragic life and death became a subject of intense literary and historical interest in the 19th century.
Marie's Birth Date
ConceptMarie Bashkirtseff's birth date is one of the most tangled biographical facts in her story, involving a three-layer falsification across Julian/Gregorian calendars, Marie's own vanity, and her mother's editorial interventions.
Marini
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Marinovitch
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Mark
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Markevitch
CultureA woman in Marie's social circle in Nice. She appears to be intelligent and observant, engaging in meaningful conversations with Marie about life, society, and personal matters.
Marot
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Marquis Calderon
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marquis d Abzac
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Marquis d Ivry
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Marquis de Bellevue
PersonA French nobleman who was formally presented to Marie's mother at the Cercle Masséna ball on February 24, 1873.
marquis de Bilioni
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marquis de Biliotti
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Marquis de Casa Riera
Person[Research needed]
Marquis de Caux
Person[Research needed]
Marquis de Chateaurenard
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Marquis de Constantin
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Marquis de Maupas
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marquis de Pascarola
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Marquis de Saetone
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Marquis de Saporta
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Marquis de Tarente
Person[Research needed]
Marquis de Villemer
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Marquis Pascarola
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Marquis Santasiglia
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Marquise
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Marquise de San Carlos
CultureA member of Parisian high society who hosts elaborate social events during the 1881 season.
Marquise Multedo
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Marquise Samels
PersonA marquise who visits the Bashkirtseff household, mentioned alongside other aristocratic visitors in Marie's satirical commentary.
Marquise Viviani
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Marriage Philosophy
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Marseillaise
Person[Research needed]
Marseille
PlaceMajor French Mediterranean port city where Piccon's separatist scandal was discussed.
Martel
Person[Research needed]
Martellet
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Marthe Maximova
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Martin-Bâton
PersonGardener at Villa 55 who owns a poodle that resembles Lambertye.
Martinez
Person[Research needed]
Martinoff
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Mary Sapogenikoff
PersonMary Sapogenikoff was the daughter of Nina Sapogenikoff, part of a Russian family who were close friends of the Bashkirtseffs in Nice.
Mary Stuart
CultureMary Stuart, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), was one of the most dramatic figures in European history — a queen from infancy, briefly Queen of France, claimant to the English throne, and ultimately executed by her cousin Elizabeth I. Her story was a favorite subject of Romantic literature and drama, notably Schiller's play *Maria Stuart* (1800).
Mary-Helen
PlaceDaughter of the Boutowsky family, showing new friendliness to Marie.
Maryx
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Mash
PersonYoung person attending Dina's birthday party, likely male given context.
Massa
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Massenet
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Massimo
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Massimo d'Azeglio
CultureMarchese Massimo Taparelli d'Azeglio (1798-1866) was an Italian statesman, novelist, and painter. He served as Prime Minister of Sardinia-Piedmont from 1849 to 1852, preceding Cavour. As a novelist, he is best known for *Ettore Fieramosca* (1833) and *Niccolò de' Lapi* (1841), both historical novels promoting Italian national consciousness during the Risorgimento.
Mathias Duval
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Mathilde
Person[Research needed]
Mathilde Moreno
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Matildita
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Maufras
Person[Research needed]
Maurel
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Maurice
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Maurice de Ferreire
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Maurice Godard Decrais
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Maurice Gros
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Mavrocordato
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Max
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Mayer
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Medaille
Culture[Research needed]
Mediterranean
Person[Research needed]
Meineux
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Meissner
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Meissonnier
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Melissano
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Melito
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Melle Alberti
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melodie de Caen
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Mencker
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Mendelssohn
CultureFelix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), German Romantic composer whose Mass Marie is studying.
Menelaus
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Menge de Louanne
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Menton
PlaceCoastal town east of Nice near the Italian border, known for its mild climate and lemon groves.
Menzies
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Meran
Place- Type: places - cities
Merced
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Mercier
Person[Research needed]
Merck
PersonMonaco pigeon shoot participant whom Marie considers "le bon Merck" (good Merck).
Mere Georges
Person"La mere Georges" is the proprietress of a seaside bathing establishment in Nice. She has known both Marie Bashkirtseff and Emile d'Audiffret since they were small children, indicating she is a long-standing fixture of the Nice beachfront.
Mergejewsky
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Merisano
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Merjeewsky
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Mertens
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Mestchersky
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Meta-Diary
CultureThis thematic tag collects diary paragraphs where Marie writes about the diary itself — the act of writing, her reasons for keeping a journal, reflections on what she has written, and self-conscious commentary on the text as object.
Metropolitan
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Metternich
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Metz
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Meudon
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Meyer
PersonElderly Italian gentleman in Nice society.
Micaletti
PlaceMarie's Italian language teacher who began lessons on March 17, 1872, in Nice. Marie mentions being satisfied with her Italian lessons as well as her English lessons on February 12, 1873.
Micha
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Michel
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Michel Ange
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Michel Eristoff
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Michel Hamsley
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Michel Orloff
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Michelangelo
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Michelazzi
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Michelet
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Michelezzi
PlaceMichelezzi (first name unknown) was Marie Bashkirtseff's Italian teacher in Nice during 1873. He is mentioned in Marie's September 15, 1873 diary entry when she proudly describes speaking Italian for the first time, causing her teacher to nearly "faint or throw himself out the window" with surprise or delight.
Michka Eristoff
Person[Research needed]
Mignon
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Mihdah Pacha
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Mikhail Lermontov
CultureMikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (1814-1841) was one of Russia's greatest Romantic poets, second only to Pushkin in literary fame. Marie mentions him as a contemporary of her maternal grandfather.
Milan
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Millet
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Miloradovitch
CultureGritsia Miloradovitch was a young Russian nobleman who appears frequently in Marie Bashkirtseff's diary as a potential suitor strongly favored by her mother.
Minerve
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Ministere de l interieur
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Mirabeau
Person[Research needed]
Mirafiore
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Miss Branko
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Miss Elder
PersonMiss Elder was Marie Bashkirtseff's English governess or teacher in Nice during 1873. As was common among aristocratic Russian families, English governesses were employed to teach language, deportment, and provide cultural education to young ladies.
Miss Fishburn
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Miss Foster
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Miss Hall
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Miss Hungerford
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Miss Robenson
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Miss Smith
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Miss Webb
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Mistigri
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Mitchell
Person[Research needed]
Mlle Acard
Person[Research needed]
Mlle Alexandrine
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mlle Antonsky
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mlle Bellotti
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mlle Betalli
PersonA young woman Marie met at the Howard residence on February 28, 1873.
Mlle Billamois
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mlle Blanc
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mlle Collignon
PersonMademoiselle Collignon is Marie's French governess during the Nice period (1873). She appears frequently in the diary entries, accompanying Marie on walks, visits, and various outings. Her role seems to be a combination of chaperone, companion, and educator.
Mlle de Fodoas
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mlle de Galve
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mlle de Persigny
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mlle de Reszke
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mlle de Sampieri
Person[Research needed]
Mlle Durand
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mlle Falkenstein
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mlle Franchino
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mlle Gaspard
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mlle Herminie Hirschler
PersonYoung Viennese woman, friend of Sophie Warrodel.
Mlle Jacquemard
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mlle Jeanne
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mlle Kolokolzoff
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mlle Kolokolzoff
PersonRussian woman who is subject of mockery by Marie's social circle.
Mlle Levert
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mlle Oelsnitz
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mlle Pelikan
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mlle Rice
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mlle Rosalie
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mlle Rouher
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mlle Schaeppi
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mlle Skobeleff
PersonRussian noblewoman marrying Grand Duke Nicolas (son of Constantin) in 1874. Sister of Princess Belocelsky.
Mlle Tanska
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mlle Virginie G
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Abaza
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Abbatucci
Person[Research needed]
Mme Adam
Person[Research needed]
Mme Adeline
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mme Akenlieff
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Albani
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Allen
PersonWoman in Nice society described as "très, très aimable."
Mme Angel
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mme Anitchkoff
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Antonsky
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Arnaud de Ariege
Person[Research needed]
Mme Arnaud de l Ariege
Person[Research needed]
Mme Balagny
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Balagny
PersonA woman who makes inappropriate personal comments about Marie's physical development during a visit to the ill Comtesse de Mouzay.
Mme Basilevitch
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Baudouin
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Beketoff
PersonRussian woman in Nice society whom Marie once mistook the Viennese girl for.
Mme Belletti
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Bellotti
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Bianchi
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mme Boje
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Boyd
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Bravura
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Canepa
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Cartright
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mme Cartwright
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mme Casa Riera
Person[Research needed]
Mme Connau
PlaceSinger performing in Nice concerts.
Mme Coube
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme d Agostino
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme d Aubigny
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mme d'Auzac
PersonPart of the "troïka" of prefectural society women in Nice, along with Mmes del Borgo and de Bargemsat.
Mme Dachkevitch
PersonWoman in Nice/Monaco society whom Marie found sympathetic.
Mme Daniloff
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mme de Bailleul
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mme de Balorre
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme de Boishebert
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mme de Brimond
Person[Research needed]
Mme de Camprien
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme de Cassagnac
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme de Daillens
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme de Fayet
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme de Hohenlohe
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme de Jolly
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mme de La Valette
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme de Lesseps
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme de Marcilly
Person[Research needed]
Mme de Mortsauf
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme de Mouchy
PersonMother of an exceptionally beautiful little girl who Marie admires.
Mme de Mouzay
PersonWoman whose windows provide a viewing spot where Marie contemplates Hamilton. Also visits villa 55 with the Bashkirtseffs.
Mme de Peyronney
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mme de Pourtales
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mme de Rainbouille
Person[Research needed]
Mme de Romanoff
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mme de Souza
Person[Research needed]
Mme de Tanlay
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme del Borgo
PersonPart of the "troïka" of prefectural society women in Nice, along with Mmes d'Auzac and de Bargemsat.
Mme Dimitri Kanschine
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Doubelt
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Dumas
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Durand
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Emnaus
Person"Vieille Américaine" (old American woman) who hosts balls in Nice.
Mme Engelhardt
PersonRussian or German woman in Marie's Paris social circle in late 1880. She hosts small evening gatherings attended by Marie and other Russian expatriates.
Mme Eristoff
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mme Fabbricatore
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Galletti
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Gauthreau
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mme Gavini
Person[Research needed]
Mme Gorpintchenko
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mme Hamsley
PersonWoman in Marie's social circle who went on carriage ride with Machenka and a violin-playing gentleman.
Mme Hamsley
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mme Helene
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mme Henriette
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mme Howard
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Indebetten
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Kanchine
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Ketly
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mme Kondareff
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Korsikoff
PersonRussian woman in Nice society whom Marie particularly dislikes.
Mme Koulichoff
PersonRussian married woman in Nice society. Marie finds her appearance unattractive.
Mme Lacon
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Lafontaine
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Laloff
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mme Lancaster
Person[Research needed]
Mme Leon
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mme Lisander
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Loukowkine
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Mackay
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mme Markevitch
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Mongruel
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mme Mortier
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Muhle
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Muliner
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mme Nachet
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Narichkine
PersonRussian aristocratic woman, aunt of Prince Tchetvertinski. Part of the Russian nobility in Nice.
Mme Needham
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Outine
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Paskevitch
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Patton
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Paul de Cassagnac
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Pereira
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Presseq
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Pristitiff
CultureWoman acquaintance whom Marie planned to engage with playfully during carnival festivities.
Mme Prodgers
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Randouin
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Randouin
PersonWoman in Nice society with whom someone (likely Hamilton) danced.
Mme Recamier
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Rembelinsky
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Richaud
PlaceA society woman in Nice whom Marie's mother visited on February 28, 1873.
Mme Romanoff
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Rouher
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Sabatier
PersonA society hostess in Nice who hosted a ball during the carnival season of February 1873.
Mme Salneuve
PersonA visitor to the Bashkirtseff household in Nice. Her social standing and relationship to the family remain unclear from initial diary references.
Mme Sapogenikoff
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Sarasin de Bock
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Sarlande
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mme Savelieff
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Shilovsky
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Silwanoff
PersonRussian lady in Nice society, recipient of Marie's bouquet at concert.
Mme Sinanides
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Storiatine
CultureSociety hostess organizing charity events in Nice.
Mme Tarnowsky
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Teplakoff
PersonRussian woman who visits Marie's sick mother, part of their Nice social circle.
Mme Teplakoff
PlaceRussian lady in Nice society, frequently ill.
Mme Tolstoy
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Troubetzkoy
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Tutcheff
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mme Unetelle
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Van Schaick
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Veriguine
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mme Viviani
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mme Voieykoff
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Volkovitsky
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mme Voyeikoff
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mme Waddington
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Worms
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mme Wright
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Mme Yakovleff
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mme Yorke
Person- Type: people - aristocracy
Moelenar
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Molière
CultureMolière (1622-1673) was the stage name of Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, France's greatest comic playwright and one of the masters of world literature. His satirical comedies of French society remain classics of the theatrical repertoire.
Molins
Person[Research needed]
Monaco
PlaceThe Principality of Monaco, a sovereign city-state on the French Riviera, was undergoing a dramatic transformation during Marie Bashkirtseff's time. From near-bankruptcy in the 1850s, Monaco had become one of Europe's most glamorous destinations by the 1870s, thanks to the establishment of the Monte Carlo Casino. Marie frequently refers to both "Monaco" and "Monte Carlo" in her diary, often using the terms interchangeably.
Monaco Casino
PlaceThe famous Casino de Monte-Carlo in Monaco, opened in 1863.
Monaco Pigeon Shoot
PlaceElite sporting event held at Monte Carlo in the 1870s, attracting international aristocracy and wealthy sportsmen.
Monaco Pigeon Shoot (Tir aux Pigeons)
PlaceElite sporting event at Monte Carlo involving live pigeon shooting competitions.
Monier
PersonDressmaker/seamstress in Nice who does alterations and repairs.
Monseigneur Philippe
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Monsieur le Cocher
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Monsieur le Comte
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Mont Blanc
PlaceMont Blanc is the highest mountain in the Alps and Western Europe, standing at 4,808 meters (15,774 feet). Located on the French-Italian border, it is one of the most iconic peaks in Europe and has been visible from Geneva since antiquity.
Mont de Marsan
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Mont Dore
Person[Research needed]
Mont Vinaigre
PersonA location near Nice where the Bashkirtseff family and the Howard family held a picnic on April 26, 1873.
Monte Carlo Casino
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Monte-Carlo
PlaceMonte-Carlo is a district of the Principality of Monaco, a small sovereign state on the French Riviera. It became internationally famous in the late 19th century for its casino and gambling facilities. The Monte-Carlo Casino, officially opened in 1863, was developed by the Société des Bains de Mer (SBM), founded by François Blanc, with the support of Prince Charles III of Monaco as a way to save the House of Grimaldi from bankruptcy.
Montebello
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Montecuculi de Merano
Person[Research needed]
Monteleone
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Montezemolo
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Montgomery
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Montmartre
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Mops
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Moraës
Person[Research needed]
Morales
Person[Research needed]
Mordaunt Scandal
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Moreau Family
PersonThe Moreau family were Parisian acquaintances who visited Marie on November 7, 1880, when Saint-Amand and la Cerny were also dining with Marie.
Moreno
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Moreno de Gonzales
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Morgan
Person[Research needed]
Mortality & Death Obsession
CultureThis broad thematic tag captures Marie's pervasive preoccupation with death, dying, and killing — both literal and figurative. Marie uses death vocabulary constantly throughout the diary: as emotional hyperbole, philosophical meditation, social commentary, and increasingly as confrontation with her own mortality. This is one of the diary's most distinctive rhetorical features.
Mortier
PersonMilliner (hat maker) in Nice where the family shops.
Moscow (Moscou)
PlaceMoscow, the ancient capital and spiritual heart of Russia, appears in Marie Bashkirtseff's diary as part of her Russian identity and family connections. While St. Petersburg was the political capital of the Russian Empire, Moscow retained enormous cultural and symbolic significance as the old capital, seat of the Orthodox Church, and center of Russian national identity. Marie's family, as Ukrainian-Russian nobility, had connections to both cities.
Moujik
PersonRussian term for peasant, used by Marie to describe Allard's assistant.
Mounet Sully
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Mousse
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Mousset
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Moussia
PersonA young woman loved "sans espoir depuis l'enfance" (hopelessly since childhood) by Étienne Babanine, who requested his photograph be sent to her as he was dying.
Mouton
PlaceMouton appears in Marie Bashkirtseff's diary as someone associated with horses in Nice during 1873. Based on the context of Marie's mentions, he was likely a stable owner, horse dealer, or riding instructor from whom Marie rented or borrowed horses for her rides.
Mr Howard & Swiss Times
CultureReference to a member of the Howard family and the *Swiss Times*, a local English-language newspaper. In the 19th century, English-language newspapers were published in many European cities with significant British expatriate populations. These papers covered local society news, arrivals and departures of notable visitors, and events of interest to the anglophone community.
Mrs Brown
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Mrs Haliburtons Troubles
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Mrs Henry Wood
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Mrs Howard
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Muhle
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Muliner
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Muliterno
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Multedo
PersonMultedo appears to be a friend or social acquaintance in Marie's Parisian circle during 1879. Mentioned 19 times in Book 13, suggesting a regular presence in her social activities.
Munich
Place- Type: places - cities
Munkacsy
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Munkaczy
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Munkassy
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Murcie
Person[Research needed]
Murillo
PersonStub entry — needs research.
Musart
Person- Type: people - mentioned
Musee de Cluny
Person[Research needed]
Music
CultureThis thematic tag collects diary paragraphs where Marie discusses music — attending concerts, opera, operetta, her own singing and musical studies, and music as emotional experience.
Musset
Person- Type: people - mentioned