Yekaterina Avdeyeva Explained

Yekaterina Alekseyevna Avdeyeva
Native Name:Екатерина Алексеевна Авдеева
Native Name Lang:Russian
Birth Place:Kursk, Russian Empire
Death Place:Derpt, Russian Empire (now Tartu, Estonia)
Occupation:Writer

(Russian: Екатерина Алексеевна Авдеева; née, Russian: Полевая; 1788–1865) was a Russian writer, known especially for her books on homemaking and collections of Russian folk tales. She was a sister of Nikolai Polevoy and Ksenofont Polevoy. In 1837 she published a book called Notes and remarks about Siberia.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Book: James R. Gibson. Feeding the Russian Fur Trade: Provisionment of the Okhotsk Seaboard and the Kamchatka Peninsula, 1639–1856. 18 November 2011. University of Wisconsin Pres. 978-0-299-05233-1. 246.