BETWEEN EMPIRES AND DESTINY: XENIA PAVLOVNA MEATH'S “EVELYN”

Abstract

This article presents Xenia Pavlovna Meath's book Evelyn, dedicated to the life of her grandmother, Evelyn Greene (1880–1944), a member of the British aristocracy and the wife of Russian nobleman Major General Pavel Pavlovich Gudim-Levkovich (1873–1953), who served as a Russian military agent in Greece on the eve of and during World War I. Using family archives, letters, and memoirs, the author recreates Evelyn Greene's life against the backdrop of the epochal upheavals of the first half of the 20th century. The article not only illuminates the book's plot, which combines memoir and reconstructive genres, but also presents its cultural and historical context, a female perspective on the history of Russian emigration, and the diplomatic environment of the early 20th century. Particular attention is paid to the unique collection of General GudimLevkovich, which became part of the Danish War Museum collection, and the role of the publication Evelyn in preserving the memory of bygone generations