Talk:Mariya Volkonskaya

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Incredible POV and propaganda, as if lifted from 1970s textbook. Renounced possessions? Shall we better say "managed capital", otherwise how could their lordships and ladyships maintain their luxury lifestyle in so-called katorga ? NVO (talk) 22:33, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

Conflicting data
The page on Leo Tolstoy says his parents died when he was young, but this page says his mother lived until Leo Tolstoy was 35.Koumz (talk) 04:42, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

There are several conflicting data/mistakes. Leo Tolstoy's mother died in 1829, her name was Mariya Volkonskaya, but she was the sole daugther of a general Volkonski from whom Tolstoy inherited his estate. Tolstoy was born in 1828, but according to the article about M.V. née Raevsky she was married to Tolstoy's father in 1822 and ind 1825 to Sergei Volkonsky (in the age of 18 - it should be 19). The indformation about her first marriage is obviously a mistake. The article about general Raevsky gives his birth to 1771, his promotion to sergeant in 1777 and to lieutnant colonel in 1790. Is his year of birth correct?
 * I removed notice of Tolstoy (see edit summary). NVO (talk) 06:58, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for fixing. Brand[t] 09:17, 19 September 2009 (UTC)

Tolstoy
I think she must have been the inspiration for Natasha Rostova in War and Peace. The origin of the novel was the return to Russia of Decabrist exiles. I think her husband, Prince Volkonsky, must have been the inspiration for Prince Andrey Bolkonsky, which however Tolstoy turned into two separate characters (prince Andrey and Pierre Bezuchov).

cristcaster@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.50.209.234 (talk) 09:37, 16 January 2018 (UTC)

The Princess of Siberia (book)
I believe this book by Christine Sutherland deserves a mention. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/556754.The_Princess_Of_Siberia Also the Decembrist museum in the Volkonsky house in Irkutsk. Rick.Wicks (talk) 17:40, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Imperial Russian History
— Assignment last updated by Soviethistorian (talk) 18:08, 28 October 2022 (UTC)

Additions to Article
For my wiki education assignment I have prepared additions to this page that expands the life of Mariya Volkonskaya and her impact on Siberian and Russian culture as a whole. Sourcertuner (talk) 19:45, 15 November 2022 (UTC)