Countess Lydia Alexandrovna de Pashkov
Russian woman-writer and traveller of the middle 19th century, née Glinsky. Travelled extensively in Egypt, Palestine and Syria, and was at one time correspondent of the Paris Figaro. Met H.P.B. and her caravan while travelling between Baalbek and the river Orontes, probably around 1872; they camped together near Deir Mar Maroon, and various curious phenomena took place at the command of H.P.B. (BCW 1:521-522).
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- Quotes: Boris de Zirkoff
- CTD article in Russian: Пашкова, Лидия Александровна
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Shortly: Russian woman-writer and traveller of the middle 19th century, née Glinsky. Travelled extensivel...