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Varvara Turkestanova

1775–1819

Born
1775
Country of birth
Russian Empire, today Russia
Died
1819, Saint Petersburg
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  • Birth1775ProbableDisputed1 competing claim1 source
  • Death1819, Saint PetersburgProbableDisputed1 competing claim1 source

A life in time

  1. Born

    Birth

  2. Died · Saint Petersburg

    Death, Saint Petersburg

  3. Child born: Maria (?)

    Birth

What was it like?

The world around 1775: who ruled, who else was alive, how people lived. This is general history, not a record about the family, and every item shows where it comes from.

Varvara was born around the same time as E. T. A. Hoffmann, Thomas Young, and Gaspare Spontini.

Born around the same time

  • E. T. A. Hoffmann

    1776 · German writer (1776-1822)

  • Thomas Young

    1773 · English polymath (1773-1829)

  • Gaspare Spontini

    1774 · Italian composer and conductor

  • Carl Friedrich Gauss

    1777 · German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)

  • William Henry Harrison

    1773 · president of the United States in 1841 (1773-1841)

  • Alexander I of Russia

    1777 · The tenth Emperor of Russia (1777–1825)

During their lifetime

  1. 1805

    State Peasant Resettlement Begins in 1805

    In 1805, the government launched a systematic state-sponsored resettlement policy, moving thousands of land-starved state peasants from crowded areas to borderland provinces with new tax exemptions.

  2. 1810

    Military Colonies Established in 1810

    Military colonies were created in 1810, aiming to combine army life with agricultural labor, which essentially turned the peasants' daily existence into a structured, barracks-like routine.

Family

Children

Ancestors and children

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