005*. Anna Ivanovna Vel'jaševa-Volynceva / Анна Ивановна Вельяшева-Волынцева
Anna Ivanovna V el' jaševa-Volynceva , next on our list, was born in 1755. She thus belongs to an era subsequent to that of Mavra Šepeleva , so we'll flag her with an asterisk (*) as we take this opportunity to indulge in a little chronological change of pace . Anna Ivanovna ' s literary activity overlapped with that of her sister Pelegeja Ivanovna , who will be the subject of our next post . Golicyn furnishes two distinct entries for Anna (46-47) and for Pelegeja (47), without explicit ly indicat ing that they were related, although the sisters’ unusual last name and matching patronymics suggest a familia l connection that is borne out in other sources. As was the case with most of the women writers who managed to publish their work in eighteenth-century Russia , the Vel ' jašev a -Volyncev a sisters belonged to a literary family . Their father, notes Golicyn, was a " general major of the artillery and writer " by the name of Ivan A...