Abstract
The Russian Gentry Family: A Contrarian View This article examines what the author calls “the prevailing view” of Russian noble families in modern times - one stressing a lack of parental love and involvement with their children - and finds it wanting in several respects. A corollary supposed watershed in parent-child relations in the midnineteenth century - with possible far-reaching consequences for Russian history - also fails to withstand close scrutiny. Based on an extensive reading of primary sources (ego-documents), the author’s view is that gentry parents much more often than not were loving and affectionate with their offspring, from at least 1700 through the end of the old regime.
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