Memoirs
13 hrs. 2 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Varvara Golovina
Author
Varvara Golovina
Narrator
Galina Samoylova
Narrator
Galina Samoylova
Description
Countess, née Princess Golitsyna—memoirist and artist, the beloved niece of I. I. Shuvalov. Her broad education, intellect, and nobility of character attested by contemporaries place her among outstanding women of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. As early as 1783 she became a lady-in-waiting and enjoyed Catherine’s unchanging favor. In 1793, when a court staff for the Grand Duke Alexander Pavlovich was formed, N. N. Golovina was appointed Hofmeister (chief governess/maid of honor), seeking thereby to bring the young Grand Duchess closer to his wife, known for her moral purity. Elizabeth Alekseevna became warmly attached to Golovina, and the latter remained her friend for life, although after Catherine’s death their intrigues separated them. Around this time, Golovina—probably influenced by life’s setbacks and losses—fell under the sway of the Jesuits, adopted Catholicism, and went to Paris. With the start of the Napoleonic wars, she returned to the Russian court, but her former friendly relations with the empress were never renewed. Her living conditions provided extensive and interesting material for observations. This gives great importance to her memoirs, which appeared in print only in excerpts until 1900.
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