Memoirs of Vengerova describing a life of three generations of the Russian Jewry in second half XIX centuries in a wide historical context, it is fascinating and are easily written and are of interest as for experts in the field of the Jewish history, culture, and for a wide range of readers.
OGLAVLENIYe Gustav Karpeles. Predisloviye Predisloviya avtora Ko vtoromu izdaniyu Ko vtoromu tomu Tom pervyy Predvaritel'nyye zamechaniya Gody v roditel'skom dome Nachalo perioda prosveshcheniya. Liliyental' Iyeshiva-bokhurim Novyy gorod. My stoyali i smotreli Subbota Svad'ba Yevy Izmeneniye natsional'nogo kostyuma Tom vtoroy Vtoroy period prosveshcheniya Moya pomolvka God v nevestakh Pribytiye v Konotop. Svad'ba Chetyre goda v dome svekra Peremena v sud'be Dal'neyshiye sobytiya Aleksandr Vtoroy Dva predskazaniya moyey mudroy materi Kovno Vil'na Gel'singfors Peterburg Opasnaya operatsiya - reforma kukhni Tret'ye pokoleniye Smert' muzha Kommentarii G. Zelenina. Tsena yeye vyshe zhemchugov: Apologiya matriarkhal'nogo uklada v Vospominaniyakh P. Vengerovoy
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Gustav Karpeles . foreword preface by the author To the second edition To the second volume
Volume One preliminaries Years in the parental home Beginning of the period of enlightenment. Lilienthal Yeshiva bohurim A new city. We stood and watched Saturday wedding Eve Change in national costume
Volume Two The second period of enlightenment My engagement Year of the bride Arrival in Konotop . wedding Four years in the house of her father- The change in the fate of subsequent events Alexander II Two predictions of my wise mother Kovno Wilna Helsingfors Petersburg Dangerous operation - the reform of the kitchen The third generation The death of her husband Comments G. Zelenin. For her price is far above rubies : Apology matriarchal structure in Memoirs P. WengerofFs
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