Princess Vladimirskaya

A. Shardin was the literary pseudonym of the Russian writer Pyotr Petrovich Sukhonin (1821-1884), a man with a colorful and complex life. A descendant of an ancient family, he squandered his fortune in card games and, having lost his position, was forced to serve as the manager of an estate in Pavlovsk. It was during these years that Sukhonin turned to literature, creating a number of significant ...