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1886. Compiled from information supplied by her relatives and friends. Contents: Introduction; Childhood; Marriage and Travel; At Home in Russia, 1858; Mme. de Jelihowsky's Narrative; From Apprenticeship to Duty; Residence in America; Established in India; A Visit to Europe; Appendix.

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QUOTING the authoritative statement of her late uncle, General Fadeef, made at my request in 1881, at a time when he was Joint-Secretary of State in the Home Department at St Petersburg, Mme. H. P. Blavatsky (Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, to give the name at full length) "is, from her father's side, the daughter of Colonel Peter Hahn, and grand-daughter of General Alexis Hahn von Rottenstern Hahn (a noble family of Mecklenburg, Germany, settled in Russia), and she is, from her mother's side, the daughter of Helene Fadeef, and grand-daughter of Privy Councillor Andrew Fadeef and of the Princess Helene Dolgorouky. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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