Anna Kern: biography, portrait, interesting facts

Fans of Pushkin's creativity, of course, know who Anna Kern is. The biography of this woman is closely connected with the fate of the great Russian poet. Anna Kern - a Russian noblewoman who lived in the 19th century, who entered history precisely because of her role in the life of Alexander Pushkin. However, her fate is remarkable not only this. An interesting way of life was Anna Kern. Her biography is able to intrigue even people far from poetry. After reading this article, you will get acquainted with the main events in her life.

The Origin of Anna Kern

This woman was born in 1800, a year later than AS Pushkin. She went through a long and intense life - in 1879 Anna Kern died. Biography of our heroine begins with an acquaintance with her parents. Her father was Petr Markovich Poltoratsky. Grandfather on his part - Mark Fyodorovich Poltoratsky (his portrait is presented below) - Russian singer and state councilor (years of life - 1729-1795).

Anna Kern lived with her parents in the estate of Orel Governor IP Wolf. This man was her maternal grandfather. Later the family moved to Poltava province, to the district town of Lubny. The childhood of Anna Kern was held here, as well as in Bernow, in the estate of IPPhilf.

The father and mother of our heroine were from the circle of bureaucratic nobility. They were quite wealthy people. Anna's father is a court counselor and Poltava landowner. His father was MF Poltoratsky, who was known at the time of Elizabeth as the head of the singing chapel at the court. MF Poltoratsky was married to Shishkova Agafoklele Alexandrovna, a powerful and wealthy woman. The mother of our heroine was Ekaterina Ivanovna, nee Wulf. She was kind, but she was weak and painful. The main thing in the family was, of course, her husband.

Unhappy marriage, the birth of daughters

From a young age, Anna Kern was fond of reading. Her biography continues with the fact that after a while she began to "go out into the light." The girl looked at the "shining" officers. However, her father himself introduced her to the groom. He brought to the house of Ermolai Fedorovich Kern, a general and an officer (his portrait is presented below). When Anna met him, she was 17 years old, and her future wife - 52. This man did not arouse Anna's sympathy. She wrote in her diary that she could not even respect him, which she almost hated.

This was expressed later in relation to the children who came from marriage to the general - Anna was pretty cool to them. From Ermolai Fedorovich she had two daughters, Catherine and Anna (born 1818 and 1821 respectively). They were given to education in the Smolny Institute.

Forced transfers

Our heroine had to get used to the role of the wife of an army employee of the times Arakcheeva. Her husband had to often change garrisons, moving on the duty of duty, then to Elizavetgrad, then to Pskov, then to Dorpat, then to Riga ...

In Kiev, she became friends with the Raevsky family Anna Petrovna Kern, whose brief biography interests us. About this family, she responded with admiration. Her close friends in Dorpat were Moyers. The head of this family was a professor of surgery and worked at a local university. His wife was the first love of the poet Zhukovsky, his muse. Anne Petrovna also remembered a trip to St. Petersburg, which took place at the beginning of 1819. In the house of Elena Olenina, her aunt, the girl heard Krylov, and also saw Pushkin for the first time. So Anna Petrovna Kern entered the life of the poet unnoticed. Biography of Pushkin is marked by a bright page related to this woman. However, their close acquaintance took place a little later.

Enthusiasm of Anna Kern

In the same year of 1819, in the life of our heroine, a certain man appeared for a short while, whom Anna called "dog-rose" in her diary. Then she began an affair with AG Rodzianko, a local landowner. It was he who introduced Anna Kern to the works of Alexander Sergeevich, whom she had already encountered earlier. The great poet did not impress Anna Petrovna at that time, he even seemed somewhat rude to her. However, thanks to AG Rodzianko, Pushkin and Anna Petrovna Kern became friends. A brief biography of this woman is marked by the fact that she came to full delight from the poetry of Alexander Sergeevich.

Connection with Pushkin

By June 1825 Anna had already left her husband. She went to Riga and on the way decided to look into the estate of Trigorskoye, which belonged to PA Osipova, her aunt. Here our heroine again met with Alexander Sergeevich (the Mikhailovskoye estate, where he was then, was located nearby). The poet flushed with passion, which was reflected in Pushkin's famous poem dedicated to his beloved A. Kern ("I remember a wonderful moment ..."). However, at that moment Anna Petrovna flirted with Alexei Vulf, son of Osipova and a friend of the poet. In Riga, between her and Alexei, there was a fervent novel.

Alexander Sergeyevich continued to suffer. Only after 2 years, his lover condescended to his admirer. However, Anna Petrovna Kern and Pushkin did not stay long together. The biography of the poet is marked by the fact that, having achieved his own, he discovered that his feelings have since disappeared. Soon, the connection between Alexander Sergeevich and Anna Petrovna ceased. But our heroine is still known as Pushkin's lover. Anna Kern, her biography and relationship with the great poet and to this day are interested in many.

Circle of communication A. Kern after the break with Pushkin

After this break, Anna was close to AV Nikitenko, AD Illichevsky, DV Venevitinov, to the family of Baron Delvig, IS Turgenev, FI Tyutchev, and also to MI Glinka . The latter wrote music for Pushkin's poem "I remember a wonderful moment ...". However, he dedicated it not to Anna Kern, but to her daughter Catherine. Our heroine has ceased to maintain contact with this circle after the marriage of Pushkin. Nevertheless, after the death of Delvig, she had warm relations with the family of Alexander Sergeevich. Anna Kern still went to visit Sergei Lvovich and Nadezhda Osipovna Pushkin. She also maintained contact with Pushkina (Pavlishcheva) Olga Sergeevna, who was a "confidante" in her heart affairs. By the way, it is in her honor Anna will call Olga her youngest daughter.

True Love A. Kern

Our heroine continued to fall in love, despite the fact that she acquired the status of an outcast in a secular society. At the age of 36 she met her true love. Her elect was Sasha Markov-Vinogradsky (his portrait is presented above), the second cousin of Anna Petrovna, at that time the 16-year-old cadet. Anna completely ceased to appear in a secular society, to which she preferred a quiet family life. Three years later her son Alexander appeared, who was an illegitimate child, since officially Anna Petrovna was still married to a general.

Death of a spouse, a new marriage

Her husband died in early 1841. As a general's widow, Anna was entitled to a significant pension. However, on July 25, 1842, she married her lover. Now Anna's surname became Markova-Vinogradskaya. Because of this, our heroine could no longer claim a pension, so the spouses had to live quite modestly. For many years they spent in a village near Sosnowiec, located in the Chernigov province. Only this way it was possible to make ends meet. This village is the only family estate of the new wife of Anna Petrovna.

The difficulties that the family faced

Alexander Vasilyevich in 1855 received a place in St. Petersburg. He began to work in the family of Prince SA Dolgorukov, and after a while - the head of the department in the department of destinies. Spouses lived hard. Anne had to earn extra money by translating. However, despite all the difficulties, their union was unbreakable. Alexander Vasilyevich in November 1865, retired in the modest rank of collegiate assessor. Naturally, you did not have to count on a big pension. Markov-Vinogradsky decided to leave St. Petersburg. They lived where they have to, spouses pursued poverty. Anna Petrovna, because of need, sold Pushkin's letters, for which she was given 5 rubles each.

The death of Alexander and Anna

AV Markov-Vinogradsky died in Pryamukhin on January 28, 1879, in terrible torment. The cause of death is stomach cancer. After 4 months, on May 27, Anna died. It happened in Moscow, in the furnished rooms located on the corner of Tverskaya and Gruzinskaya (Anna's son was transported to Moscow by Anna Petrovna). It is said that the funeral procession moved along Tverskoi Boulevard when it was erected a monument to Alexander Pushkin. So the great poet last met "the genius of pure beauty."

Our heroine was buried in a churchyard near the old stone church in the village of Prutnia (6 km from Torzhok). The road was washed by rains that did not allow the coffin to be delivered to the husband, in the cemetery. After 100 years in Riga, near the former church, a modest monument was erected to this woman. Of course, Anna Kern was a bright and interesting person. A brief biography of her, presented in the article, we hope, convinced you of this.