Petr Aleksandrovich Pletnev Memoirs, 1946-1957
Collection context
- Creator:
- Pletnev, Petr Aleksandrovich
- Extent:
- 9 items (1 box)
- Language:
- Russian .
- Scope and content:
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Pletnev's typescript memoirs include the following: His autobiography"Nikchemnai︠a︡ zhizn"́ (475 p.); "Den ́v Peterburge" (48 p.), with a description of St. Petersburg and in particular its cultural life before World War I; "U mori︠a︡" (5 p.), on the author's dacha near St. Petersburg; and "Den ́v Gaage" (30 p.), on his visits to a friend in the Hague in the years after the 1917 revolution. The manuscripts are in the third person; the central figure, Oborin, is Pletnev.
- Biographical / historical:
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Grandson and namesake of a former rector of St. Petersburg University and friend of Aleksandr Pushkin.
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Nikchemnai︠a︡ zhizn ́closed to 1 January 1986.
This collection is located on-site.
- Location of this collection:
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- Contact:
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