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The picture shows the daughter of the scientist and geographer Pyotr Semyonov -Tyan-Shansky, Olga. She was born in 1863 in St. Petersburg, but spent most of her life in the estate in the village of Gremyachka, which is in the Ryazan region. There, under her father’s guidance, Olga acquired her first knowledge of botany and determined her future scientific interests. She spent the winter months in St. Petersburg: she studied at the Drawing School of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts.
Olga Semyonova became a famous ethnographer. For many years she studied life of the peasants of Dankov and Ranenburg districts: she recorded how their rituals were held, collected folklore, and antiquities. These ethnographic observations later formed the basis of her book ‘Life of 'Ivan': sketches of the life of the peasants of one of the Black Earth provinces’, which was published after her death in 1914 in St. Petersburg.
Folk songs collected by Olga, descriptions of the celebration of Yegor’s Day, Ascension, Trinity and Mermaid week, folk beliefs about death and soul were published in the journal ‘Alive Antiquity’. Her first independently published work in the field of ethnography was a collection of songs from Ryazan Province, published in 1886, for which she received a silver medal from the Russian Geographical Society.
Semyonova’s other significant work was written in co-authorship with her brother Veniamin, editor of the 11-volume series ‘Russia. A complete geographical description of our Fatherland.’ This is an ethnographic survey of the Central Black Earth Region of Russia, and was included in the second volume of this series (‘Central Russian Black Earth Region’).
From 1902 to 1904 on behalf of the Russian Museum, she gathered a collection of ancient stitchwork, made by the peasants of Dankov and Ranenburg districts. This is the so-called ‘Muraevensky embroidery, ’ which is currently housed in the Russian Museum of Ethnography. Besides, Olga Semyonova was an artist and painted landscapes. Today her works are stored in the Ryazan Museum of Art and the Ryazan Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve. She died in 1906.
Olga Semyonova became a famous ethnographer. For many years she studied life of the peasants of Dankov and Ranenburg districts: she recorded how their rituals were held, collected folklore, and antiquities. These ethnographic observations later formed the basis of her book ‘Life of 'Ivan': sketches of the life of the peasants of one of the Black Earth provinces’, which was published after her death in 1914 in St. Petersburg.
Folk songs collected by Olga, descriptions of the celebration of Yegor’s Day, Ascension, Trinity and Mermaid week, folk beliefs about death and soul were published in the journal ‘Alive Antiquity’. Her first independently published work in the field of ethnography was a collection of songs from Ryazan Province, published in 1886, for which she received a silver medal from the Russian Geographical Society.
Semyonova’s other significant work was written in co-authorship with her brother Veniamin, editor of the 11-volume series ‘Russia. A complete geographical description of our Fatherland.’ This is an ethnographic survey of the Central Black Earth Region of Russia, and was included in the second volume of this series (‘Central Russian Black Earth Region’).
From 1902 to 1904 on behalf of the Russian Museum, she gathered a collection of ancient stitchwork, made by the peasants of Dankov and Ranenburg districts. This is the so-called ‘Muraevensky embroidery, ’ which is currently housed in the Russian Museum of Ethnography. Besides, Olga Semyonova was an artist and painted landscapes. Today her works are stored in the Ryazan Museum of Art and the Ryazan Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve. She died in 1906.
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Full name: Photo of Olga Petrovna Semyonova-Tyan-Shanskaya
Date: the second half of the 19th century
Technique: photography
Place: St. Petersburg
Copyright: The Museum-Estate of P. P. Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky
Dimensions: 10,7×6,1 cm
Date: the second half of the 19th century
Technique: photography
Place: St. Petersburg
Copyright: The Museum-Estate of P. P. Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky
Dimensions: 10,7×6,1 cm
Goskatalog Number: 21190876
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Photo of Pyotr Nikolaevich Semyonov
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The picture shows the father of the scientist Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky — Pyotr Semyonov. He was born in 1791 on the old estate of Salykovo in Pronsky County. At the age of ten he was placed in a noble boarding school at Moscow University, from which Pyotr Semyonov successfully graduated in 1806 and was granted student status.
In 1809 he moved to St. Petersburg and joined the Izmailovsky Regiment with the rank of warrant officer. Later, Pyotr Semyonov wrote several parodies and plays that enjoyed success among his contemporaries. Together with the Izmailovsky Regiment in the rank of ensign in 1812, he marched to the western border of Russia during the Patriotic War.
The young officer got his baptism of fire in the Battle of Borodino. For this battle Pyotr Semyonov was presented the award of the Golden Sword with the inscription ‘For Bravery’. After the end of fighting, he was given a long leave and it was not until 1815 that he returned to the regiment, where he served for another seven years. In 1816 he received the next rank — lieutenant, four years later he became a captain.
In St. Petersburg, Pyotr Semyonov continued his literary pursuits. His operetta ‘Good Luck from Bad Luck’ was a success in metropolitan theaters for decades. In 1816 in St. Petersburg one of the first secret societies of the future Decembrists appeared — the ‘Union of Salvation’, and Lieutenant Semyonov, who fully shared the views of his comrades, joined its ranks.
After leaving the army, he took over his father’s estate in Ryazanka, and was able to improve the lives of peasants, not only on his own estate, but in the entire Ranenburg county. In 1826 Peter Semyonov became an honorary superintendent of schools in Skopinsky County, and in this position, he did much to improve education in the county.
He died during a trip to his wife’s estate in Tambov Province. Noticing that his servant, who was sitting on the coachbox, was not well, he laid him down in his covered carriage and cared for him all the way. On arrival at the estate, the servant soon recovered, but Pyotr Semyonov showed signs of typhus. His relatives moved him to the neighboring estate of Elizavetino, but he could not recover and died on May 28, 1832. Pyotr Semyonov is buried in the village of Urusovo in the family vault at St. Nicholas Church, which was built according to his design as a monument to participants in the Patriotic War of 1812.
In 1809 he moved to St. Petersburg and joined the Izmailovsky Regiment with the rank of warrant officer. Later, Pyotr Semyonov wrote several parodies and plays that enjoyed success among his contemporaries. Together with the Izmailovsky Regiment in the rank of ensign in 1812, he marched to the western border of Russia during the Patriotic War.
The young officer got his baptism of fire in the Battle of Borodino. For this battle Pyotr Semyonov was presented the award of the Golden Sword with the inscription ‘For Bravery’. After the end of fighting, he was given a long leave and it was not until 1815 that he returned to the regiment, where he served for another seven years. In 1816 he received the next rank — lieutenant, four years later he became a captain.
In St. Petersburg, Pyotr Semyonov continued his literary pursuits. His operetta ‘Good Luck from Bad Luck’ was a success in metropolitan theaters for decades. In 1816 in St. Petersburg one of the first secret societies of the future Decembrists appeared — the ‘Union of Salvation’, and Lieutenant Semyonov, who fully shared the views of his comrades, joined its ranks.
After leaving the army, he took over his father’s estate in Ryazanka, and was able to improve the lives of peasants, not only on his own estate, but in the entire Ranenburg county. In 1826 Peter Semyonov became an honorary superintendent of schools in Skopinsky County, and in this position, he did much to improve education in the county.
He died during a trip to his wife’s estate in Tambov Province. Noticing that his servant, who was sitting on the coachbox, was not well, he laid him down in his covered carriage and cared for him all the way. On arrival at the estate, the servant soon recovered, but Pyotr Semyonov showed signs of typhus. His relatives moved him to the neighboring estate of Elizavetino, but he could not recover and died on May 28, 1832. Pyotr Semyonov is buried in the village of Urusovo in the family vault at St. Nicholas Church, which was built according to his design as a monument to participants in the Patriotic War of 1812.
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Full name: Photo of Pyotr Nikolaevich Semyonov
Author: Paolo Baker
Date: the early 20th century
Technique: photography
Place: Russia
Copyright: The Museum-Estate of P. P. Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky
Dimensions: 10,5×6,2 cm
Author: Paolo Baker
Date: the early 20th century
Technique: photography
Place: Russia
Copyright: The Museum-Estate of P. P. Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky
Dimensions: 10,5×6,2 cm
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Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
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