Temps du vécu, temps de l’écriture Mémoires et journaux russes féminins rédigés en français (fin du xviii^e siècle)

Personal texts written in French by Russian aristocratic women at the end of the 18^th century contain numerous reflections on the weather, the role of women, language and religion. Two famous women are studied here in the light of their relationship to time – Historical time and the time they experienced – through their Memoirs as well as their reflections on their status as women at the heart of power or close to it : empress Catherine the 2^nd and her contemporary, Princess Ekaterina Dachkova.