Maria Volkonskaya

The captivating image of Princess Maria Nikolaevna Volkonskaya (nee Raevskaya, 1805-1863) -Legendary "Russian Woman", daughter of the hero of the Napoleonic wars and the wife of the Decembrist, followed by the convicted spouse -was captured in Russian and foreign poetry, prose and memoirism, and painting in painting , dramaturgy and cinema, in the writings of historians, publicists and literary critics.
Readers" attention is proposed the first in Russian historiography a detailed biography of M.N. Volkonskaya. According to the author of the book by M. D. Filin, the main event of her stormy, complete dramatic and mysterious pages of life was the acquaintance with Pushkin, which grew into mutual "hidden love" - love for all years he released. Traces of this feeling, only stronger, are found in the separation of the princess and in many works of the poet