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# Maria Bashkirtseva’s 1876 diary entry on how her father and others treat her
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- Published: 2024-11-08T15:31:22.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:51:25.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
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*I can only admire myself: people yield to me, flatter me and, what is more important, love me. Father, who at first wished to cast me down from the throne, has now almost fully understood why I am shown royal honours, and, despite a certain hardness of character, shows them to me himself*

From the diary of the 18-year-old Marie Bashkirtseff, 1876