Eric Gustav Erström in Finland and Russia Cover Image

Эрик Густав эрстрём в Финляндии и России
Eric Gustav Erström in Finland and Russia

Author(s): Gennadiy Mikhaylovich Kovalenko, Andrey Aleksandrovich Kuznetsov
Subject(s): Cultural history, Political history, 19th Century
Published by: Филозофски факултет, Универзитет у Новом Саду
Keywords: Eric Gustav Erström; Russia; Sweden; Finland; Patriotic war of 1812; Napoleon; Alexander I; Moscow; Nizhny Novgorod; identity; travelogue

Summary/Abstract: The article is devoted to Eric Gustav Erström’s biography. E.G. Erström was a Swede by nationality and a native of Finland. Erström is the author of the travelogue “For me and my friends.” In this text Erströk’s travel from Moscow to Nizhny Novgorod in 1812 is described. Then Erström became the author of textbooks on Russian in Finland. Erström was the pastor of the Lutheran parish in St. Petersburg. The biography of Erström is submitted in the context of political and cultural events of the first third of the 19th century.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 27
  • Page Range: 168-189
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Russian