Anna Feodorovna Tiutcheva (russian: А́нна Фёдоровна Тю́тчева, 3 May 1829 – 23 August 1889) was a Russian Empire courtier,

slavophile Slavophilia (russian: Славянофильство) was an intellectual movement originating from the 19th century that wanted the Russian Empire to be developed on the basis of values and institutions derived from Russia's early history. Slavoph ...

and

memoir A memoir (; , ) is any nonfiction narrative writing based in the author's personal memories. The assertions made in the work are thus understood to be factual. While memoir has historically been defined as a subcategory of biography or autobi ...

ist. She was the

maid of honour A maid of honour is a junior attendant of a queen in royal households. The position was and is junior to the lady-in-waiting. The equivalent title and office has historically been used in most European royal courts. Role Traditionally, a queen r ...

and confidante of empress

Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse) Maria Alexandrovna ( rus, Мария Александровна), born Princess Marie of Hesse and by Rhine (8 August 1824 – 3 June 1880), was Empress of Russia as the first wife and political adviser of Emperor Alexander II. She was one of th ...

from 1853 until 1866, and is known for her memoirs depicting Russian life from 1853 until 1882, which are regarded to be a valuable historic source of the life of Russian aristocracy in mid 19th-century Russia. She was the daughter of

Fyodor Tyutchev Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev ( rus, Фёдор Ива́нович Тю́тчев, r=Fyódor Ivánovič Tyútčev, links=1, p=ˈfʲɵdər ɪˈvanəvʲɪt͡ɕ ˈtʲʉt͡ɕːɪf; Pre-Reform orthography: ; – ) was a Russian poet and diplomat. ...

and married

Ivan Aksakov Ivan Sergeyevich Aksakov (russian: Ива́н Серге́евич Акса́ков; , village Nadezhdino, Belebeyevsky Uyezd, Orenburg Governorate – , Moscow) was a Russian littérateur and notable Slavophile. Biography Aksakov was born in ...

in 1866.Anna Tyutcheva's biography at the Russian Writers Dictionary // Осповат А. Л., Котрелев Н. В. Аксакова (урожд. Тютчева) Анна Фёдоровна // Русские писатели 1800—1917. Биографический словарь / П. А. Николаев (гл. ред.). — М.: Сов. энциклопедия, 1989. — Т. 1: А—Г. — С. 39-40.

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