Diaries. Nihilist. Kovalevskaya S.V.

Sofya Vasilievna Kovalevskaya (1850-1891)-the first female mathematician in Russia and the world's first female professional, mechanic and astronomer, writer and literary critic.

on the pages of her autobiographical “childhood memories” You can find an interesting family chronicle and plunge into the system of raising children in the mid -19th century, which did not always take into account the interests of the gifted and bright nature of Kovalevskaya. And the story “Nigilist” tells about the tragic fate of revolutionaries-populists, sacrifice and the desire for moral feat.