Letters from Vladivostock, 1894-1930: Letters from Vladivostok, 1894-1930

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Contents List of Place Names xi Maps xiii Introduction: Between the Two Bays: Eleanor Pray’s Vladivostok, 1894–1930, by Birgitta Ingemanson xvii Biographical Sketch: The Smiths and the Prays, by Patricia D. Silver xxix PART I. THE PEOPLE 1. A Victorian Home in Siberia 5 Eleanor Pray’s New Life 8 Rituals and Celebrations 20 2. Women’s Work and Leisure 27 Clothes and Home Designs 29 Charity Bazaars 36 Sports 38 PART II. THE CITY 3. Vladivostok Scenes 47 Natural Beauty, Picnics, and Excursions 49 City Landmarks and Man-Made Attractions 53 Street Vignettes, Human Interaction 56 4. Historic Names 64 Magnificent Ships 65 Nikolai and Alexandra 68 Lindholm Connections 71 Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich 75 Prince Heinrich of Prussia 76 Isabella Bird Bishop 77 Richard Theodore Greener 80 5. Life at the Dacha 84 Early Visits, 1900–1907 84 The Novogeorgievsk Estate 87 The House and Garden 90 Dacha Entertainments 94 Philosophical Musings 98 War 99 PART III. THE HISTORY 6. The Russo-Japanese War, 1904–1905 125 Waiting for War 126 The Attack on Port Arthur, the Petropavlovsk 130 The Bombardment of Vladivostok 133 Summer and Fall 1904 136 Mukden 139 The Baltic Fleet and the Battle of Tsushima 141 Peace 143 7. The Riots of 1905–1906 146 The November Days 1905 147 Vladivostok’s Bloody Sunday 154 8. Wars, Revolutions, and Foreign Intervention 160 The War Afar, 1914–1916 161 The Year of Two Revolutions, 1917 163 Allied Intervention, January 1918–April 1920 168 Japanese Occupation, 4–5 April 1920 to 25 October 1922 180 A Red Cross Sampler 186 9. A Window Flung Open: New Beginnings 194 The Soviet Victory 197 Kunst and Albers to the Rescue 198 Same Home, Different Times 204 Acknowledgments 217 Glossary of Uncommon Terms Frequently Used by Eleanor Pray 221 Appendix: Biographical Notes on Persons Frequently Mentioned in the Letters 223 Notes 229 Bibliography 251 Index 261 Photographs follow p. 102 ...