Elenevskaia, Irina - Vospominaniia [Recollections]

Stockholm: Published by the Author, 1968. Softcover. First edition, 1 of 500 copies (according to Andre Savine); 5 3/4 x 8 1/4; pp. 214; beige wraps ruled in red and blue; light age-toning to margins of wraps; two small red pen scribbles to front wrap; faint crease to lower corner; text clean; very good or better. Irina Elenevskaia was born at the end of the 19th century in a prominent family - grandfather was prominent orientalist V. D. Smirnov and her father was a high-ranking official of the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Her family fled to Finland after the Revolution. The main purpose of her book was, in her own words, to describe the life and stories of Russian immigrants in the Scandinavian countries and specifically those in Finland and Sweden as many works had been written by and about Russian exiles in Germany, France, and the US and hardly any had appeared about her compatriots in her new home country. Utilizing her own memories and recollections, as well as notes and materials from fellow immigrants, Elenevskaia created a beautiful and compelling story of pre-Revolution life in St Petersburg, life in Finland, and life in Sweden. Ill.: 0. 2.

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