Elena Ghica

(1828 - 1888)
Niece Ruler Gregory Ghica. She was married to Prince AA. Koltsov-Masalsky. Under the pseudonym Comtesse Dora d'Istria has written "La vie monastique dans l'Eglise orientale" (1855, . 3rd ed., . 1858), . "Les femmes en Orient" (Zurich, . 1858; in Russian in "the foreign Gazette, . 1865); "Excursion en Roumelie et en Moree" (Zurich, . 1858); "Des femmes par une femme" (Zurich, . 1864; Russian translation of St. Petersburg., . 1866); "Les roumains et la papaute"; "La poesie des Ottomans" (P., . 1877, . 2 nd ed.), . "Gli Albanesi in Rumenia" - the history of the princes in Ghica XVII - XIX centuries (2 nd ed., . Florence, . 1873) and a number of articles in magazines and newspapers,
. The works reveal her serious education and extraordinary knowledge of languages (Romanian, Italian, German, English, French, Latin, Ancient and Modern Greek, Russian, Albanian, etc.). - Wed. Pommier, "La comtesse D." (Brussels, 1863); Yriarte, "Portraits cosmopolites" (AP, 1870); Cechetti "Bibliografia della Principessa D." (6 th ed., Florence, 1873).