Karamzina Ekaterina Andreevna - the second wife of the famous historian, sister of the poet Peter Vyazemsky. Immediately after the death of N. M. Karamzin, she became the mistress of the literary salon. According to contemporaries, it "gathered smart people of various directions." Karamzina had Titov, Mukhanov, Khomyakov, Turgenev, Pushkin, Zhukovsky and many others. This article will describe a short biography of Ekaterina Andreevna. So let's get started.
Childhood
Ekaterina Andreevna Karamzina was born in 1780. The girl’s father, Andrei Vyazemsky, was a senator and secret adviser. He began his service in Reval. There Vyazemsky and met with the mother of Catherine - Countess Elizabeth Sievers. She was married, so the daughter that appeared with the couple was considered the fruit of a sinful relationship. Consequently, Andrei Ivanovich could not give her his last name. The girl became Kolyvanova (from the Russian name of the city of Revel - Kolyvan).
First, Vyazemsky gave Catherine to educate his aunt - Princess Obolenskaya. Having retired, he took his daughter to him. By that time, Andrei Ivanovich had already married and raised his son - Peter Vyazemsky, who in the future would become a poet and friend of Pushkin. Catherine sincerely fell in love with her brother. Together they often walked and spent a lot of time in a library of more than 17, 000 books.
Acquaintance with Karamzin
A famous historian visited periodically to visit Vyazemsky. Karamzin was struck by the unique erudition and well-read by Catherine. Nikolai Mikhailovich was fourteen years older than she and had considerable creative as well as life experience. Nevertheless, he was timid in front of the young Kolyvanova. Catherine's speech fascinated the historian, and large eyes kindled in the soul a hitherto unknown fire.
Kolyvanova also had feelings for Karamzin. But she did not dare to admit, as she was aware of the sorrow of the historian for her recently deceased spouse. After some time, Nikolai Mikhailovich made an offer to Catherine. The girl happily agreed, and the newlyweds happily healed together.
"History of Russian Goverment"
Soon a very important event took place. Alexander I instructed Karamzin to write "History of the Russian State." Previously, such a print edition did not exist, and Nikolai Mikhailovich had to start from scratch. He combined information from all available sources and set out in a language that was readable. Ekaterina Andreevna Karamzina became his assistant.
Nikolai Mikhailovich together with his wife created his work for many years. Unfortunately, Karamzin did not manage to finish the annals. The historian died in 1826, having barely begun work on the last volume. Karamzin's wife - Ekaterina Andreevna - helped K.S. Serbinovich and D.N. Bludov complete the main work of her husband's life. And soon the book was published.
Karamzina Ekaterina Andreevna and Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin
The young poet very often visited the historian and his wife. Therefore, some researchers believe that Pushkin was passionately passionate about the wife of Nikolai Mikhailovich. The very same Karamzina Ekaterina Andreevna treated Alexander as a son. She was nineteen years older than the poet. Also, the woman took the most fervent part in his fate. For the poem "Freedom" Pushkin was threatened with exile, and only the intercession of the Karamzins saved him from punishment. At critical moments, Alexander always turned to the heroine of this article for help. Karamzina Ekaterina Andreevna became one of the few women whom the poet wished to see before his death.
