Эпистолярный архив семьи Свербеевых

Abstract

The article is focused on the Sverbeev family epistolary archive study findings. Especially, this means letters of D.N. Sverbeev (1799–1874), a memoirist, and E.A. Sverbeeva (1808–1892), his wife, a hostess of the famous Moscow salon in 1840s, who had extensive ties to the Russian enlightened society. Epistolary intercourse of their sons and daughters (in particular, N.D. Sverbeev, A.D. Sverbeev and S.D. Sverbeeva) inherited and successfully maintained parents’ social ties is also of interest. The family archive maintained abundant correspondence with family friends and acquaintances including Turgenev brothers (i.e., A.I. and N.I.), K.S. and I.S. Aksakovs, N.M. and A.M. Yazykovs, archbishop Innokentii (Veniami­nov), A.N. Popov, A.S. Homyakov, I.V. Kireevskii, A.P. Elagina, S.P. Shevyryov, P.A. Vyazemskii, S.P. Trubetskoi, etc.
 Almost centenary epistolary archive of a whole family maintained remarkable social ties represents an important document of cultural memory and literary history of two generations of the Russian noble intellectuals in the XIX century. Philosophical, literary, religious and pedagogical issues are discussed in correspondence of the Sverbeev family. It demonstrates responses to the most important social and cultural events of the epoch. Also, it contains biographic, cultural and social data. Also, the Sverbeev family epistolary archive enables a comparative study of private correspondence.