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Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky (Russian: Васи́лий Андре́евич Жуко́вский; 9 February [O.S. 29 January] 1783 – 24 April [O.S. 12 April] 1852) was the foremost Russian poet of the 1810s and a leading figure in Russian literature in the first half of the 19th century.
'Svetlana' - Alexander Novoskoltsev. First published in the journal Vestnik Evropy, 1813, No. 1 and 2, with the subtitle: "To Al. An. Pr...va." Dedicated to Zhukovsky's niece and student Aleksandra Andreevna Voeikova (who was the sister of the poet's muse M.A.Protasova-Moyer ), as a wedding gift to her.
She was the daughter of Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky and his Baltic-German wife, Elizabeth von Reutern (1821-1856). Her father was the illegitimate son of a landowner named Afanasi Bunin and his Turkish housekeeper Salkha. [1] [2] She was made lady-in-waiting at the Russian Imperial court.
Alexei Alexeevich was born to Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia, the son of Czar Alexander II of Russia, and Alexandra Vasilievna Zhukovskaya.His maternal grandfather was the poet Vasily Zhukovsky, who was the illegitimate son of a landowner named Afanasi Bunin and his Turkish housekeeper Salkha.
They lived with their mother's half-brother, Vasily Zhukovsky. Vasily read, wrote poetry and translated a lot, and gave language lessons to the young Alexandra and her older sister Maria (1793-1823). [3] Zhukovsky's curriculum included a variety of subjects, including philosophy, morality, history, geography, aesthetics, and literature.
In 1910 Konstantin Podrevsky married his first wife Vera Alexandrovna Mikulina (1885—1956). A niece of the scientist Nikolai Zhukovsky, she was a poet who published as 'Vera Zhukovskaya'. They divorced in 1920. Podrevsky's second wife was Anna Ivanovna Lyamina (née Stepanova, 1898–1974). Andrey Glebovich Lyamin was her son from the first ...
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Vasily Andreevich Zhukovsky, poet and a leading figure in Russian literature (Turkish mother) [41] [42] children and descendants: Alexandra Zhukovskaya, Countess of the Russian Empire (Turkish grandmother) Aleksey Belevsky-Zhukovsky, Count of the Russian Empire (Turkish great-grandmother)