title: Sevastopol
abstract: The chapter examines the genesis of family networks in nineteenth-century Russia and their role in shaping the Russian public. It traces the formation of a single noble family network during the siege of Sevastopol, probing into both the emotions and the intimate letters that supported it. In nineteenth-century Russia, sentimental family norms prominent among the nobility privileged intimacy, just as the clientelistic imperial bureaucracy depended on personal interactions. Extensive separation d
journal: Oxford University Press eBooks