25 Facts About Evgenia Tur

Evgeniia Tur was a Russian writer, children's writer, critic, editor, journalist, publisher, salon hostess, and translator.

Evgeniia Evgenia Tur was the penname for Elizaveta Vasilyevna Sukhovo-Kobylina, who became Countess Elizaveta Vasilyevna Salias De Tournemire after marrying Count Andrey Salias de Tournemire.

Evgenia Tur was born in Moscow into the noble family of the Sukhovo-Kobylins.

Evgenia Tur's father was Vasily Sukhovo-Kobylin, a veteran of the Napoleonic wars and Marshal of the Nobility for the Podolsk district in Moscow.

Evgenia Tur's mother was Maria Ivanovna Sukhovo-Kobylina, nee Shepeleva, leader of a salon for a select group of accomplished intellectuals and literati.

Evgenia Tur's time spent alongside high society was viewed as the potential inspiration for her later written works.

Evgenia Tur received an excellent education at home, as her and her siblings were taught by various professors from Moscow University.

In 1835, Evgenia Tur expressed her desire to marry Nadezhdin, a journalist of a lower social class.

Evgenia Tur was financially sponsored by her sister Evdokiia Petrovo-Solovovo until she began her writing career in 1849.

Evgenia Tur's next published work was the four-part novel named The Niece in 1851, which was favorably received by critics.

Evgenia Tur went on to write several more novels in the adult literary sphere before she eventually switched to children's literature.

Evgenia Tur used her children's novels to convey deeply important messages and controversial topics using themes of human morality, religious duty and conversion, and social and class struggles.

Evgenia Tur is thought to have avoided the plight of male writing, that is writing in grandiose structure or tedious form, as she is praised for her ability to write in plain and smooth language, like that of "old nobility", a social class Evgenia Tur is a part of and greatly familiar with.

Evgenia Tur was later invited to join the Society of Lovers of Russian Letters as an honorary member in 1859 due to her accomplishments as an author.

Gheith finishes her analysis of Evgenia Tur by stating that Evgenia Tur's Antonina provided space for women to begin writing about "Necessary Women", or the women in the background: young girls and mothers.

Evgenia Tur was initially hired as Russia wanted a spokeswoman for women's literature, as England had the Brontes and Jane Austen and France had George Sand.

Evgenia Tur then established her own magazine named Russian Speech: A Review of Literature, History, Art, and Society in the West and in Russia.

Evgenia Tur primarily published her own work, but she recruited other accomplished Russian writers to Russian Speech to boost its popularity and sales.

Evgenia Tur introduced now renowned authors to Russia such as Nikolai Leskov, Vasilii Sleptsov, and Aleksei Suvorin, as she helped them establish their careers using her magazine.

Evgenia Tur often wrote on the literary works and personal lives of prominent figures in society, both from Russia and from the West.

Evgenia Tur's ever-growing conservative ties became increasingly visible in her final works of children's literature.

The secret police's surveillance of Evgenia Tur led to her departure to France.

Evgenia Tur anonymously published her thoughts and opinions in favor of the student demonstrations in the journal Bell, suggesting that she strongly agrees with their cause.

Once she relocated to France, Evgenia Tur primarily focused on writing historical and children's literature, shown through her publication of A Crystal Heart, The Shalonskii Family, Martyrs of the Coliseum, The Life of Saint Macarius the Egyptian, and The Children of King Louis XVI.

Evgenia Tur spent her last years living in Warsaw, where she died at the age of 77 in March of 1892.