Abstract
In the 18th Century, tea culture emerged in the Russia of Catherine the Great. Following the lead of the westernizing empress, Russians of the aristocracy adopted the refinement, which the spread across the empire. By the mid-19th Century, Russians from all social classes enjoyed tea not just as a drink but as a means of socializing and extending hospitality. Tea culture also manifested itself in new types of foods as well as cups and plates, as well other elements of broader Russian culture.
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Coker, Abigail
(2024)
"Samovars in the Snow: The Rise of a Distinctively Russian Tea Culture,"
Bound Away: The Liberty Journal of History: Vol. 6:
Iss.
2, Article 4.
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https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/ljh/vol6/iss2/4
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