The Education of a Russian Statesman: The Memoirs of Nicholas Karlovich Giers |
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appointed arrival aunt Bălțăteşti Baron beautiful became began Bessarabia Bibescu Boarding School boyars Brăila brother Alexander Bucharest carriage charming chervonets church Constantinople consul Costache Count dacha dance Danubian Principalities daughter dragoman Dubno Duke Mikhail Pavlovich Elisaveta Emilia Engel'gardts estates father Fedor Karlovich Focşani foreign French frequently friends Galatz Ghica Giers graduation Grand Duke Mikhail Greek Grigore Hangu horses hospodar Iakov Ivan Savvich Ivanovich Jassy Kamenets kind Kiselev Konstantin Kotsebu Krupenskii lady later Litke lived logofăt Lyceum Lyceum students magnificent married Mihail Sturdza military Moldavia Moreover Moruzi mother never Nicholas particularly Petersburg Petrovna Phanariote Polish political princes Cantacuzino principalities Radzivilov rank recall received remarkable returned Rumanian Russian Seniavin sister Skuliany Sofia spent spite Sturdza Sul'menevs tion took trip tsar tsar's Tsarskoe Selo Tumanskii Uncle Fedor Petrovich Valeria Vasil'evich Vasilii versts visited Wallachia wife young Zhitomir