I have read very few works by Russian writers, and certainly not to Russia.
Recently, I have been obsessed with Turgenev's Hunter's Notes, which was published in the 1840s and 1850s, and I learned the following information from that period.
Because the words church, priest, God, Easter, prayer, etc. appear repeatedly in the book, it can be known that most Russians at that time should have believed in Christianity.
The down duvet also appears several times in the book, when the richer families of large landlords in Russia covered warm and soft and comfortable duvets, leather sofas were the furniture of the home, people had drunk milk, and there were cafes on the street.
At that time, the Russian aristocratic families bought goods from Europe as luxury goods, bought expensive jewelry and perfumes from Paris, and they would spend a lot of money from Germany to hire music commanders, invite the French to be tutors, and build houses for the British to design.
In the novel, Turgenev describes two dogs sniffing and greeting each other when they meet, likening it to the dizzying and incomprehensible red tape of the Qing government officials when they meet.
When they see these words, readers should know that it means contempt and contempt rather than praise.
In the novel, Turgenev says that Russia and Turkey fought a war, the Russians plundered Turkish women back as wives, and many Turks settled in Russia.
In the article "My Neighbor Rajilov", Turgenev described that Russia had paper mills, sugar mills, etc., as well as ingenious pavilions.
Russian men love to grow beards and dye their beards, they love to drink kvass, they love to play cards, some aristocrats love to hunt in horse-drawn carriages, and women love to wear dresses.
