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Nadezhda Durova was a pioneering figure in Russian military history, adopting male disguise to serve in the cavalry during the Napoleonic Wars. As one of the first known female officers in the Russian military, she achieved decorated status. Her memoir, "The Cavalry Maiden," stands as a significant document of its era. It offers a unique perspective on wartime experiences, seldom published by junior officers of the period and notable as an early Russian autobiography.

1989
The Cavalry Maiden
282 pages
10 hours of reading
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"In December 1807, Alexander I granted a commission ot Nadezhada Durova who, in male guise, served nearly ten years in the Russian light cavalry during the Napoleonic wars. The cavalry maiden, a selection of the edited journals of her military service, first published in 1836 with Pushkin's encouragement, is a lively narrative of Russian life on and off the battlefield in the Alexandrine era. Durova's story appeals in our own time as a unique and gripping contribution to the literature of female experience"--