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The Ladies-in-waiting of the Imperial Russian Court (''придворные дамы'') were women of high aristocracy at the service of the women of the Imperial family. They were organised according to the strict hierarchy of Peter the Great's table of ranks, following the woman's ''tchin'' (rank) established on January 24, 1722. == Definition and table of ranks == All the ancient occupations of the women at the Court of Russia, traditionally held by boyardins (wife of a boyard), nurses, housekeepers, servants, nannies etc... were abolished and replaced by a new hierarchy inspired by Versailles Court's etiquette and German models, although many Muscovite and post-reform positions were in charge of identical functions. The new hierarchy used German terminology. *Ober-Hofmeisterin (The Great Mistress of the Court); first class *Wives of members of the private Council; second class *Deystvitelnaya Statsdame (literally Acting Lady of the Suite); third class *Deystvitelnaya Kammer-devitsa (literally Acting Maid of the Bedchamber); fourth class and wives of College's presidents *Hofdame (literally Lady of the Court); fifth class and Generals' wives *Hofdevitsa ( Maid of Honour ); corresponding to Colonel's wives *Kammer-devitsa (Maid of the Bedchamber) But in fact, the seven strict ranks were reduced to five by the mid 18th century and their names evolved as well. The four first ranks were only granted to 82 women at the end of the 18th century and only 18 in 1915. *Ober-Hofmeisterin ( The Great Mistress of the Court) *Hofmeisterin (since 1748) (The Mistress of the Court) *Statsdame, 12 in 1796 (Lady of the Suite) *Kammer-Fräulein (Maid of the Bedchamber) *Fräulein (pronounced in a Russian way: ''Freïlina''), 12 in 1796 (Maid of Honour) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lady-in-waiting of the Imperial Court of Russia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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