(russian: Екатерина Алексеевна Авдеева; ''
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'' , ; 1788–1865) was a Russian writer, known especially for her books on homemaking and collections of Russian folk tales. She was a sister of
Nikolai Polevoy
Nikolai Alekseevich Polevoy ( rus, Никола́й Алексе́евич Полево́й, r=Nikoláy Alekséevich Polevóy, ― ) was a controversial Russia, Russian editor, writer, translator, and historian; his brother was the critic and jou ...
and
Ksenofont Polevoy
Ksenofont Alexeyevich Polevoy (russian: Ксенофонт Алексеевич Полевой, 1 August 1801, Irkutsk, Imperial Russia, – 21 April 1867, Tyukhmenevo, Smolensk Governorate, Imperial Russia) was a Russian writer, literary crit ...
. In 1837 she published a book called ''Notes and remarks about Siberia''.
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1788 births
1865 deaths
Women writers from the Russian Empire
19th-century writers from the Russian Empire
Russian women writers
Russian food writers
19th-century women writers from the Russian Empire
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