Letters from Vladivostok, 1894-1930
By: Eleanor L. Pray ; edited with introduction and notes by Birgitta Ingemanson
Contributors: Ingemanson, Birgitta, writer of added commentary
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780295993249
Subjects: Correspondence; Sources; Social life and customs; Americans; History
Work titles: Correspondence
Description: "In 1894, Eleanor L. Pray left her New England home to move to Vladivostok in the Russian Far East with her husband, a merchant apprentice. Over the next thirty-six years--from the time of Tsar Alexander III to the early years of Stalin's rule--she wrote over 2,000 letters chronicling her family life and the tumultuous social and political events she witnessed. Vladivostok, 5,600 miles east of Moscow, was shaped by a rich intersection of European and Asian cultures, and Pray's witty and observant writing paints a vivid picture of the city and its denizens during a period of momentous social change. The book offers highlights from Pray's letters along with illuminating historical and biographical information." -- Publisher website.
Notes: "The Eleanor L. Pray Collection collected and organized by Patricia D. Silver."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-260) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: between the two bays: Mrs. Pray's Vladivostok, 1894; title: 1930 / by Birgitta Ingemanson; title: Biographical sketch: the Smiths and the Prays / by Patricia D. Silver; title: The people; title: A victorian home in Siberia; title: Eleanor Pray's new life; title: Rituals and celebrations; title: Women's work and leisure; title: Clothes and home designs; title: Charity bazaars; title: Sports; title: The city; title: Vladivostok scenes; title: Natural beauty, picnics, and excursions; title: City landmarks, man-made attractions; title: Street vignettes, human interaction; title: Historic names; title: Magnificent ships; title: Nikolai and Alexandra; title: Lindholm connections; title: Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich; title: Prince Heinrich of Prussia; title: Isabella Bird Bishop; title: Richard Theodore Greener; title: Life at the dacha; title: Early visits, 1900; title: 1907; title: The Novogeorgievsk estate; title: The house and garden; title: Dacha entertainments; title: Philosophical musings; title: War; title: The history; title: The Russo-Japanese War, 1904; title: 1905; title: Waiting for war; title: The attack on Port Arthur, the Petropavlovsk; title: The bombardment of Vladivostok; title: Summer and fall 1904; title: Mukden; title: The Baltic fleet and the Battle of Tsushima; title: Peace; title: The riots of 1905; title: 1906; title: The November days 1905; title: Vladivostok's Bloody Sunday; title: Wars, revolutions, and foreign intervention; title: The war afar, 1914; title: 1916; title: The year of two revolutions, 1917; title: Allied intervention, January 1918; title: April 1920; title: Japanese occupation, 4; title: 5 April, 1920; title: 25 October 1922; title: A Red Cross sampler; title: A window flung open: new beginnings; title: The Soviet victory; title: Kunst and Albers to the rescue; title: Same home, different times.