Praskov’ja Fëdorovna Perfil’eva (Pauline Perfilieff)
1831-87
Russian. Née Tolstaya. Daughter of Fëdor Ivanovich Tolstoy, the second cousin (once removed) of Count Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy (Leo Tolstoy). Married Vasilij Stepanovich Perfil’ev. Informally known as Polen’ka; signed herself Pauline Perfilieff.
Sources
Letter from P. F. Perfil’eva, 22 February 1874
Tolstaya 2010, p. 56 n. 243.
Bibliography
Tolstaya, Sofia Andreevna. 2010. My life. Translated from the Russian by John Woodsworth and Arkadi Klioutchanski. Edited by Andrew Donskov. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press.
letter
