TY - JOUR N2 - The article is devoted to contemporary studies on the nineteenth century memoirs written by Russian women. In the nineteenth century women’s memoirs were underestimated and neglected by researchers. Recently, there has been a signifi cant increase in research interest in memoirs written by women. This subject has been taken up by literary scholars, historians, experts on cultural studies and anthropologists. A. Bielova, I. Savkina, W. Laszczak, K. Kosowska, N. Pushkariova, A. Fieduta, W. Ponomarieva, L. Khoroshilova, J. Prikazchikova, A. Stankewich, J. Samofalova, O. Mamaieva, S. Tatarkina are among those who are interested in it. Memoirs are a valuable source of information about the epoch, historical events, outstanding leaders, event-making fi gures, Russian intellectual elites, aristocracy as well as the everyday life of the Russian gentry. They also provide some insight into the way female memoirists expressed themselves in their writings, their views on femininity and the role of women in society. L1 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/112149/PDF/SO%203-19%202-D.Ambroziak.pdf L2 - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/112149 PY - 2019 IS - No 3 EP - 455 DO - 10.24425/slo.2019.128555 KW - Russian memoirists KW - nineteenth century KW - woman KW - the present time A1 - Ambroziak, Daria PB - Komitet Słowianoznawstwa PAN VL - vol. LXVIII DA - 2019.10.23 T1 - Russian Female Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century in the Modern Research SP - 439 UR - http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/112149 T2 - Slavia Orientalis ER -