Life in the name of love

Pushkin called Anna Petrovna Kern"s genius of pure beauty "and" Babylonian clouds". Her charm, mind and mental qualities found numerous admirers, from the great poet to Emperor Alexander I. The first time she married at 17 years old by the will of the Father for the 52-year-old General, the second spouse was younger than it for 20 years and was her close relative - Even in our time, such a union would find extravagant. She had to go through the humiliation, the conviction of relatives and poverty. Based on memories, correspondence and other documents, some of which is used for the first time, the author tells about the fate of the heroine, dispels the myths that have developed around her name, and expresses interesting assumptions about some episodes of the life of this outstanding woman