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She was forty years old when she died – which was pretty much par for the course for a woman of her time, even a wealthy one.
Her life would seem incredibly tragic to us
Her plaque is here.
(1) What are do the numbers on the first line represent?
(2) Her name at burial is inscribed on the last two lines, they read
What was her name at birth?
A hint for the later part that might help for opera buffs, probably not but it is one of the greatest of all operatic scenes, Alexandr Pirogov. in 1954
Going back to your Quote/Unquote quiz a few days – a few days ago – I was away- Page 52, sentence five– try this:
” Feisal had planned to raise his father’s crimson banner as soon as he arrived in Medina, and so to take—-” too obvious if I include who should take whom.
That would be from the “Seven Pillars of Wisdom” and the answer – the Turks
Andiei, you are scholar. I frequently go back to the two volumes of T. E. Lawrences’ s work to remind me of the conflicts in the region
Andrei. My Russian is very rusty.. Last used seriously in the late 50′s
The only Olga Borisovna I can recall, lived about 80 years
She was a biologist and one of the original Hero’s of the revolution..
Protopopava I think was her born name
It’s hard (an an electronic bunch of freesias is my ambition) but you don’t need to be able to read the plaque to do it – it reads in full
Another clue – Borisovna is not a surname, it is a patronymic.
So your Olga Borisovna would have been the daughter of Boris Protopopav.
Another clue in the opera her part is played by a soprano
Yes I am aware of the Russian name changes.
It was the hardest bit in reading War and Peace following the characters..
1622.. Hmmm My knowledge of that period is slim to say the least..
Some thing to do with Germanic invasion ??
Played by a soprano !!.. Obviously she was pretending to be a man..
Have some Godunov but no full opera..
Nothing comes to mind..
Will have to. Pass.
Enjoy your Freesias..
OK… I googled it.. Godunov was her name before the change..
I would not have been able to sleep
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LOL Adam, did you sleep soundly
Godunov is the surname she always had, she is buried with the Godunovs
Ksenia Borisovna Godunova, ie Ksenia daughter of Boris Godunov. in history books, In the Opera and Puskin’s play “Boris Godunov”, Ksenia Godunova. She was eventually sent to a convent and when she took the veil she became the nun Olga. A tragic figure, her life story would astonish moderns with their sense of entitlement
She lived through an era called “the time of troubles” – a rich mine of material for the romantic arts, lots of paintings made of these events.
The thing about those days that people don’t realize is how short peoples lives were – if you survived to die of natural causes you were were approaching late middle age by the time you were thirty (some people in these times are just starting work at that age). Most people died before they were fifty.
Actually when I conceived the question I was more thinking of the year 7130 Etos Kosmou rather than Ksenia Godunova herself but she is so interesting in her own right, it grew.
We ticked over to 7521 Etos Kosmou two weeks ago today
Thanks Andrei, for the question and the detailed answer.
Enjoy the electronic freesias.