Antonina D. Bludova was a Russian writer, philanthropist, salonist

Salon (gathering)

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 and lady in waiting

Lady in Waiting

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Antonina Bludova was the daughter of the politician and writer Dmitry Bludov

Dmitry Bludov

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. She became a lady in waiting in 1863. after her fathers death in 1864, she became a philatropist and founded an elementary school, a university for women, a public library, a hospital, a drug store and a home for pilgrims travelling from Kiev

Kiev

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 to the Lavra Abbey. She also hosted as salon in Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg

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. Her memoir

Memoir

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s are considered as important historical documents.

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