«YOUR EXTREMELY HAPPY LIFE»: CIRCLE OF CORRESPONDENTS N.N. PLATONOVOY

Abstract

Recent publications about N.N. Platonova, are expanding the research field more and more. The features of her remarkable character are revealed, scientific achievements are concretized, and her role as an associate of her husband. If the majority of professorial wives remained in the shadow of their husbands, then Nadezhda Nikolaevna is an exception to this general rule. Her works are known, and a wonderful diary has been published. She was a wonderful mother. Correspondence is involved in order to reveal her active daily life, clarify her circle of contacts. Among the numerous correspondents, the scale of the correspondence has yet to be clarified, there were, first of all, the husband, children, numerous relatives, wives of friends and colleagues of S.F. Platonov. These materials have just begun to be introduced into scientific circulation and allow us to significantly expand our understanding of an extraordinary woman. In the selection of published archival materials, the biography of Nadezhda Nikolaevna and the list of her works written by S.F. Platonov. The only letter of N. Gutjar, which is a concise review of her book and has a historiographical value. Letters to E.V. Gogel, a prominent figure in library construction and A.A. Volkovich, a well-known teacher, complement their long-term correspondence with S.F. Platonov. Among the authors of the letters are the wife of a close friend and beloved student of S.F. Platonova - E.A. Druzhinin and S.V. Vasenko, about which there is practically no information. Correspondence is one of the important elements of N.N. Platonova, she was active and continued throughout her life, sometimes containing valuable little-known information and facts.