Varvara Alexandrovna Bachmetewa

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Varwara Lopuchina

Varvara Alexandrowna Bachmetewa , née Lopuchina ( Russian Варвара Александровна Бахметева , scientific transliteration Varvara Aleksandrovna Bachmeteva ; * 1815; † September 9, 1851 in Moscow ) , was a Russian lover of Mikhail Lermontlige .

Life

Varvara ( German  Barbara ) Lopuchina, the daughter of Marshal Alexander Nikolajewitsch Lopuchin (1779-1833) and his wife Ekaterina Petrovna Vereschagina († before 1818), came from the noble family of Lopuchins and was the penultimate of the couple's eight children. Warwara's brother Alexei studied with Lermontov at Moscow University from 1828 to 1832 . Warwara's sisters Marija and Jelisaweta (1809–1882) were also close friends with the poet. Marija's correspondence with Lermontov has been preserved.

When Varvara returned to Moscow from her parents' estate in November 1831, the love between her and Lermontov began. Relatives of the poet claim in their memoirs that Lermontov loved Varvara until his death. But the Lopukhin family - especially the father - were against alliance with a rebellious student.

In May 1835, twenty-year-old Varvara married a state councilor with a good reputation in her parents' house in Moscow's Molschanowka - the 37-year-old landowner Nikolai Fyodorowitsch Bachmetjew (1797-1884) from the aristocratic family of the Bachmetevs. Varvara's father had not turned away the wealthy Bachmetiev. It is said of Mikhail Buturlin that the husband was extremely jealous of Lermontov. He even forbade his young wife to even mention the poet's name. It is said that Bachmetev destroyed Lermontov's correspondence with Varvara. Lermontov's research is therefore dependent on the above-mentioned correspondence between Maria and the poet.

Soon after the wedding, Varvara fell ill and went abroad several times for treatment. In the marriage of Bachmeteev and Varvara children were born who - with the exception of the daughter Olja (1836–1912) - died early. Varvara died during pregnancy at the age of 36 and was buried in the cemetery of Donskoy Monastery .

Varvara in Lermontov's factory

Michail Lermontow around 1831: Emilia, the heroine from The Spaniards

According to Pawel Wiskowatow and Akim Schan-Girei, the model for Princess Ligowskaya in Lermontov's novel of the same name was Varvara.

Adequate references can still be found in the poems Saschka and The Demon. Finding an oriental narrative .

In the drama Two Brothers and A Hero of Our Time , Lermontov processed, among other things, “what happened to him in Moscow” - that is, the loss of his beloved to a much older, rich, reputable rival.

In his verse drama The Spaniards , the poet used Varvara as a model for the protagonist Emilia.

Honor

Nikolai Bachmetjew also loved his wife. In 1846, hoping for the recovery of the sick Varvara, he had the Annunciation Monastery of St. Barbara built in the village of Fjodorowka in the Togliatti district / Samara Oblast .

literature

Web links

Commons : Varwara Alexandrowna Bachmetewa  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Russian Александр Николаевич Лопухин
  2. ↑ Russian Екатерина Петровна Верещагина
  3. ↑ Russian Лопухины
  4. ↑ Russian Лопухин, Алексей Александрович
  5. ↑ Russian Лопухина, Мария Александровна
  6. ↑ Russian Елизавета
  7. ↑ The Moltschanowka is a street, Russian Малая Молчановка
  8. ↑ Russian Николай Фёдорович Бахметьев
  9. ↑ Russian Бахметевы
  10. ↑ Russian Бутурлин, Михаил Дмитриевич
  11. ↑ eng. Annunciation Monastery (Tolyatti)
  12. ↑ Lermontow, vol. 2, pp. 157–237, see also Russian Княгиня Лиговская
  13. ↑ Russian Шан-Гирей, Аким Павлович
  14. ↑ Russian online poem Saschka
  15. ↑ Lermontow, Vol. 1, pp. 273–308, see also Russian Демон (поэма)
  16. ↑ Russian Два брата. Драма (Лермонтов)
  17. ↑ Russian Испанцы (Лермонтов)
  18. ↑ Russian Фёдоровка (микрорайон Тольятти)
  19. ↑ see also Russian Благовещенский скит (Тольятти)
  20. ↑ Lermontow vol. 1 content 5-page pdf
  21. ↑ Lermontow Vol. 2 Contents 1 page pdf
personal data
SURNAME Bachmetewa, Varvara Alexandrovna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Бахметева, Варвара Александровна (Cyrillic)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian nobles, mistress Mikhail Lermontov
DATE OF BIRTH 1815
DATE OF DEATH September 9, 1851
Place of death Moscow