Box 1

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The notebook contains 73 consecutive pages of content in Rusudana's hand, mostly in ink. The journal was written in 1893. The manuscript is primarily written in Georgian with occasional entries in Russian. Folder includes two letters dated 1973 and written in Georgian.

Scope and Contents RNN page nos. 17, 34, 46This is an incomplete volume entitled "Summer 1914 Notebook I" (Leto 1914 g. Tetrad I)describing Rusudana's journey back to Russia from Switzerland with her husband M. A. Polievktov in the summer of 1914 due to the outbreak of the Great War. It appears that some pages (RNN page nos. 49-63) from this journal describing the first days of the war and the bombing of Paris were later inserted into the Travel Memoir entitled "My France" (see folder 18). Rusudana bought six...

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RNN numbers the leaves as 65 through 159. Many leaves are partially cut out, while some are missing entirely.The diary focuses on Rusudana and Mikhail Polievktov's stay in Geneva (Switzerland), Germany's invasion of Belgium, travel by train to Marseille (France), and the begining of the Mediterranean voyage to Odessa (Russia).

Scope and Contents RNN numbers the leaves as 160 through 253. Some leaves are partially cut out.The notebook entitled "Notebook III. Summer 1914"(Leto 1914 goda,Tetrad III)continues the description of Rusudana's journey from Western Europe to Russia. The text is written in Russian with occasional passages in Georgian. Dated entries range from September 4/17, 1914 when Rusudana was on a boat passing the Greek islands to October 17, 1914, the day of her arrival in Didi Dzhikhaishi (Georgia). The entries range...

Scope and Contents RNN numbers the leaves as 254 through 274 (1914-1915 events) and leaves 1-145 (1917 events). The first part of the notebook entitled "Notebook IV. Summer 1914"(Leto 1914 g. Tetrad IV) continues where the previous journal leaves off. The text is written in Russian. Occasional dated entries range from October 17, 1914 when Rusudana was in Didi Dzhikhaishi (Georgia) to February 9, 1915 when she was in Petrograd. Annotations and additions to the text appear to have been made by RNN around 1967....

Scope and Contents RNN numbers the leaves as 126-310. The notebook is entitled "'n. 3' 1916-1917: from one year to two" (n. 3 1916-1917: Ot goda do dvukh). It continues the series of journals RNN began in November 1915 dedicated to the birth and development of her son, Nikolai (Nika) Polievktov-Nikoladze. It is the only one available in the original series of such notebooks. The series was continued by Rusudana until 1925, according to the note inserted by her in the front of the notebook entitled "Notebook...

Scope and Contents RNN numbers the leaves from 1 to 137. The notebook entitled "Moscow Again. Fall 1931"(Eshche raz Moskva. Osen 1931 g.)describes Rusudana's trip to Moscow's Kremlin Hospital for treatment in the autumn of 1931. She was accompanied by Georgette Nikoladze, the widow of Georgii Nikoladze. It appears that the journal was started in Moscow and completed on the train back to Tbilisi on September 17, 1931. The manuscript describes memories of Georgii Nikoladze who had recently passed away, Moscow...

Scope and Contents The notebook entitled "One more notebook. 'Last Chapter?' Spring 1934" (Eshche Odna Tetrad "Posledniaia Glava?" Vesna 1934 g.) is a journal with dated entries. The notebook starts with an entry for April 11, 1934 and ends with an entry for May 11 of the same year, with additional brief entries for June and July. Rusudana focuses on her memories of her brother Georgii Nikolaevich Nikoladze (d. 1931), along with chemistry professors Sergei Vasilevich Lebedev (d. 1934) and Boris Vasilevich...

Scope and Contents It appears that this untitled volume was begun by RNN as an illustrated journal describing her interest in theater and literature. Specifically, the memoir focuses on the visit of theater actors, brothers Robert Lvovich Adelgeim (1860-1934) and Rafail Lvovich Adelgeim (1861-1938) to Tiflis and Kutaisi in 1902. The brothers Adelgeim were European-acclaimed Russian-Jewish dramatic actors who developed their own acting school. They graduated from a Viennese conservatory and staged performances...

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This collection of loose pages describes Rusudana's meetings with and her thoughts about the French poet Paul Geraldy (1885-1983) in Switzerland and Paris circa 1900-1905, as well as in 1933. It appears that the text was written by RNN in the 1960s.

Scope and Contents This notebook is entitled "'My Spring' Notebook N.2 the End of Perestiuk and the Beginning of Azbelev" (Moia Vesna Tetrad N. 2 Konets Perestiuka i Nachalo Azbeleva). It belongs to the series of notebooks describing Rusudana's sudent years in the gymnasium in the Caucasus and in the Women's Institute in St. Petersburg between 1901-1907. The other two notebooks available in the collection are "Notebook N. 5.: 1906-1912 'Two Nicholases'" and "Notebook N. 6. 'Days of our Life' . . . Continuation...

Scope and Contents The notebook is entitled "Notebook N. 5.: 1906-1912 'Two Nicholases"" (Tetrad N. 5.: 1906-1912 'Dva Nikolaia'). It is written in retrospect with no dated entries and is a prequel to the memoir entitled "Notebook N. 6. 'Days of our Life' . . . Continuation 1907-08." Together these two notebooks have three parts, with notebook 5 containing the first and a portion of the second part, while Notebook 6 contains the remainder of the second and the entire third part. The parts are entitled "At the...

Scope and Contents The notebook is entitled: "Notebook N. 6.: Days of our Life' As rapid as waves are days of our life . . . Student Song. 'In the North.' Continuation 1907-08." (Tetrad N. 6 "Dni Nashei Zhizni" Bystry kak volny Dni nashei zhizni . . . Studencheskaia pesnia 'Na severe.' prodolzhenie 1907-08). This memoir continues the narrative of Notebook N. 5. It brings to a conclusion "In the north" and continues with "Course year." Again it appears that this volume was written by RNN in Georgia in the...

Scope and Contents The volume entitled "At the Waterfall 1911 Abastuman" (U Vodopada Leto 1911 g. Abastuman) describes Rusudana's relationship with the doctor, Konstantin Alekseevich Krestnikov. RNN met Krestnikov during her one-week stay in Abastuman, Georgia in 1911. The volume contains fragments of Rusudana's correspondence with Krestnikov and varlious family members. It also includes many passages about her future husband, historian Mikhail Aleksandrovich Polievktov and his friend, philosopher Ivan...

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This volume entitled "Four Abastumans: Conclusions and Thoughts, 1930" (Chetyre Abastumana: Itogi i Mysli 1930) is a memoir in which Rusudana describes her emotional reaction to various events pertaining to her family, her student years in St. Petersburg's Female Pedagogical Institute, friendships, and European travels.

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The title-page reads: "Nashi puteshestviia" (Our travels); however, the pages are miscellaneous fragments, providing some overview and a list of trips abroad made by RNN alone or with her family between 1873 and 1928.

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The pages represent a fragment entitled "Across the World."

Scope and Contents This volume is entitled "My France 1900-1914"(Moia Frantsia 1900-1914 g.). It presents Rusudana's recollections of her travels in France with her parents and her husband during the period between 1900 and 1914. The volume provides Rusudana's views on French history, society, and culture, as well as her understanding of France's political importance in Europe. There are also extensive descriptions of various locations, such as Nice, the Riviera, Paris, Bordeaux, and Marseille. Of special note...

Scope and Contents The notebook consists of two parts plus supplements. The first part is entitled "Our Crimea 1909" (Nash Krym 1909 g.). It was written in 1909 and 1929 and then edited and enlarged in 1967 in Tbilisi. Here Rusudana describes her travels in the Crimea in May and June of 1909 as a member of a student scientific expedition under the direction of Professor Konstantin Konstantinovich Fokht. The second part starts on page 1100 and is entitled "Our Crimea" part II Our post-Crimea or "novel in...

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The fragment focuses upon RNN's classmates Iadviga Shmidt and Lilia Shults; pages contain drawings of participants in track and gymnastics events. Pages appear to go with the memoir in folder 19.

Scope and Contents The unbound volume entitled "My Norway: Summer 1913" (Moia Norvegiia: leto 1913 goda) primarily describes Rusudana's honeymoon trip to Norway in the summer of 1913, shortly after her marriage to St. Petersburg historian Mikhail Aleksandrovich Polievktov. In the memoir Rusudana provides occasional references to her earlier trips to Europe, and she explains her interest in Scandinavia and her reasons for visiting Norway. At the outset of her journey her itinerary included such cities as...

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Folder contains pages copied from RNN's Switzerland memoirs. The pages should help the researcher to understand the organization of the various parts and sections of these memoirs.

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The pages represent a fragment of the notebook entitled "Our First Switzerland I: Morgins and Dora Kunz 1901" (Nasha Pervaia Shveitsaria I: Morgins i Dora Kunz 1901). It includes a table-of-contents page to RNN's Travel Memoirs. This notebook constitutes the first volume in a collection of Rusudana's four Travel Memoirs dedicated to Switzerland (see the cover file). The following pages describe the beginning of Rusudana's travels to the village of Morgins, Switzerland in 1901.

Scope and Contents The pages represent part of the notebook entitled "My Switzerland III: Switzerland Again: Gstaad-Nyon and Italy; Prague and the gathering, 1912" (Moia Shveitsaria: Opiat Shveitsaria. Gstaad-Nyon i Italiia; Praga i slet, 1912). It describes Rusudana's summer travels in Switzerland, specifically in the towns of Gstaad and Nyon, as well as Prague in 1912. This is the first notebook in a series of six that together form a Travel Memoir titled "Switzerland Again 1912," which is a third book in a...

Scope and Contents This notebook is entitled "Prague and the gathering, 1912" (Praga i slet, 1912). It continues the description of Rusudana's travels in Europe during the summer of 1912. It is written in retrospect whithout dated entries and describes her trip to Prague for the meeting of the international athletic and mountain-climbing society Sokol. Rusudana's brother Georgii Nikolaevich and her younger sister Tamara Nikolaevna were members. The manuscript contains RNN's description of and reacton to the...

Scope and Contents This notebook is entitled "Gstaad and M-O-B Simmental-Saakental and recollections" (Gstaad i "M-O-B" Simmental-Saakental i vospominaniia). It is written in retrospect whithout dated entries and describes Rusudana's travels in Switzerland in 1912. This is the third notebook (the second is missing) in a series of six that together form a Travel Memoir titled "Switzerland Again 1912" (see the cover file). In this notebook RNN discusses the Swiss system of railroads and describes the mountains,...

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The available pages represent the notebook entitled "At the blue waters of Geneva and memories" (U golubykh vod Zhenevy i vospominaniia). It is the fourth notebook in the aforementioned series of six (see the cover file). The manuscript does not contain dated entries and describes Rusudana's visit to Geneva in 1912.

Scope and Contents The available pages represent the notebook entitled "Nyon, Dora, and Amedei" (Nyon, Dora i Amedei). It is the fifth notebook in a series of six that comprise "Switzerland Again 1912," which is the third book in a collection of four Travel Memoirs dedicated to Switzerland (see the cover file). The manuscript does not contain dated entries and describes Rusudana's visit to Nyon, Switzerland, in 1912. The memoir focuses on the close friendship between RNN, Dora Kunz, and Amedei Caulin. Dora and...

Scope and Contents The notebook is entitled "Gstaad Again/Italy/To Home: 'My Switzerland' VIII 'Switzerland Again 6'"(Snova Gstaad/Italia/Domoi: "Moia Shveitsaria" VIII. . .). This is the sixth notebook in a collection of six constituting the Travel Memoir "Switzerland Again 1912." It describes Rusudana's travels in Switzerland and Italy in 1912. Her itinerary included Sonnental, Brig, Simplon, and Lugano. The notebook also includes letters from her acquaintance Amedei and numerous descriptions of locations in...

Scope and Contents The notebook is entitled "Switzerland again 1914" (Opiat Shveitsaria 1914). It is the last book in the collection of memoirs describing Rusudana's travels in Switzerland during the summer of 1914. It describes places, such as Graubunden, Engandin, Geneva (all in Switzerland), Marseille (France), and Istanbul (the Ottoman Rmpire). Rusudana was traveling with her husband, the St. Petersburg historian Mikhail Polievktov, on the eve of the First World War. When the war broke out, they were in...