Ball culture of the Moscow nobility of the 18th - first halfof 19th century: ceremony, entertainment or love game?

In the article on the basic of various sources, including the manuscripts and personal origin, attempt of reconstruction of ball culture of the Russian metropolitan nobility of the eighteenth and the first half of nineteenth century. The author made a conclusion of the nobility ball from compulsory...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: M V Korotkova
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2008-06-01
Series:RUDN Journal of Russian History
Online Access:http://journals.rudn.ru/russian-history/article/view/3795