But there were beautiful Yusupovs in Russia at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries. there could be two. Tatyana Nikolaevna was in no way inferior in charm to her older sister Zinaida. The blue-eyed beauty Princess Tatiana shone in the world, was friends with the great dukes, was one of the most enviable brides, but her life was tragically cut short at the age of 22.
Left: Zaryanko, Sergei Konstantinovich. 1818-1870 Portrait of Prince Nikolai Borisovich Yusupov Russia 1868 Oil on canvas 151.8 x 106.8 cm HermitageRight: Winterhalter, Franz Xaver. 1806-1873. Portrait of Princess Tatyana Alexandrovna Yusupova. France, 1858; canvas, oil; 147 x 104 cm Hermitage
In the family of N.B. Yusupov and his wife Tatyana Alexandrovna, nee de Ribopierre, there were two daughters: Zinaida and Tatyana. Much is known about the eldest, Zinaida - she was friends with Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, she was loved in the world, Infanta Eulalia wrote enthusiastically about her, the Bulgarian prince asked for her hand in marriage. She shone at court balls, survived the revolution and ended her life in Paris. There is very little information about the younger sister, Tatyana. Felix Yusupov, when he ran out of money in exile, wrote his memoirs. So that they sell well, I even remembered the semi-legendary Suyumbike , told about the piquant moments of the life of his great-grandmother, but did not devote a single line to his mother’s beloved sister, as if she did not exist in nature at all.
Little Tatyana or Tanik, as her family called her, does not live in Russia very often - she spends a lot of time abroad: at the Yusupovs’ villa Tatiana, where her mother goes to improve her health. When traveling around Europe, Tanik and her sister often meet not only Russian and European aristocrats, but also representatives of ruling dynasties.
When Tanya was only 13 years old, her mother died.
The night light is on. I'm afraid to be alone! Last words Mom: Another quarter of an hour! My God! Mom blessed us, all three of us, for the last time. Our Father. Mother of God. All hope.
Dad gives me the ring Mom. I'm dying of grief. Dühring gives me medicine.
Portrait of Princess T. N. Yusupova
Russia, 1875
canvas, oil
73.5 x 59.5 cm
State Hermitage Museum
With the death of Mom, childhood ended for Tatyana. She has a father, sister, grandmother, but she feels lonely. Her letters and notes now often sound a sad note. She now transfers her love for her mother to Empress Maria Alexandrovna and Grand Dukes Sergei and Paul:
At dessert, the Pope ordered me to take an oath, but Zayde did not give me sweets because I again said Marusya (about the empress). Zaide added that I often call the Grand Dukes Serge and Paul!
1877, November 14
We are going to the Kutuzovs! They were waiting for us and very happy to see us. Sasha and Manya tell us about the war. I told Aglaya that I hate the Turks!
In 1880, Prince Nikolai Borisovich and his daughters returned to Russia. Tanya is finally back in St. Petersburg, she is meeting with family and friends, going to concerts and parties. During the same period, her sister meets Prince F.F. Sumarokov-Elston and immediately after meeting Felix refuses to become the bride of the Prince of Bulgaria. Tatyana writes about this in her notebook: I’m going to the German theater. Zaide returned all red from Komendantsky, where she met the Bulgarian prince and the cavalry guard Sumarokov-Elston.
For two years, Prince Yusupov has been opposing this marriage. He dreamed of becoming related to the ruling monarch, and not to the cavalry guard Sumarokov, and already saw his eldest daughter on the throne of Bulgaria.
The princess is a patriot. She is always sincerely happy to return to Russia and is sad when she has to leave for Europe.
October 28, 1881
I woke up more cheerful. We are leaving Germany. Soon we will be in Russia! I can’t tell you what a joy!... We went to dinner and were served grouse. I ate them with pleasure - not because I am a gourmet, but because it reminded me of St. Petersburg, as if I was already there. I felt happy - not because of these grouse, but because I again saw this dining room, which I had known for so long, this large Russian samovar, boiling loudly, all this Russian furnishings.
Princess Yusupova Tatyana Nikolaevna
Tatyana Nikolaevna was in love from her early youth. The subject of passion, and then love, to which Tatyana Nikolaevna remained faithful until her last breath, was Grand Duke Pavel Alexandrovich, the youngest son of Emperor Alexander II. Grand Dukes Pavel and Sergei often visited the Yusupovs; Princess Tatiana mentions meetings at home and in society in her notes.
I'm dying to go to Evgenia Maximilianovna's ball. Finally, I expressed my intentions and said that I would go. We're late, Felix and I. Marie Obolenskaya is my protector. I'm dancing with the hussar boy Bodrinsky. The spetch is poured with Evgenia M. I dance the mazurka with Ivkin. I look at the flower in Vel’s hand. Book I fall asleep praying for two brothers. I seem flighty and flirtatious, but this is because of my timidity and inexperience, and yet they smiled at me! What contradictions coexist in a young heart! How I missed these captivating sounds of the waltz!
Photography 1880s
GMUA
My birthday. Dad touched me: at midnight he blessed me and put on me a bracelet that looked like my ring. On the threshold of a new year, on the threshold of a new life, I prayed with all my heart! What happens in his soul when I pray for him?
In the winter garden I remember everything... Kauffman invited me to a mazurka. This is the pearl of the ball! Counterpart with serious Tatishchev. V.K Alexis and N.P. gets on my nerves! Kauffman is a bit annoying.
I'm worried about V.K. Fields that I occupied too much in my dreams. I wanted to marry him.
1885
Paul's wedding will take place in St. Petersburg! Where are you, my dreams! I pray for Pavel and Aunt Mimi.
May 31, Sunday
I had so much excitement and hope this month! Worries about Paul, his fragile health, his future. I'm afraid that he might marry someone other than poor me. Just the thought of this possibility terrifies me!
1886
They played a waltz, at the sound of which I saw and fell in love with Paul - this memory was so animated by love that I shuddered! The violin sounds weren't magical, but they were a lot of fun. I was spinning like in a whirlwind!
Finally I go to the Golitsyn cousins and sit with them for a long time. Portrait of Serge and Elisabeth, who give me pleasure. Portrait of my Paul against the background of Vesuvius. Princess Golitsyna knows, I am sure of it, that I love him.
Together with kind Dyudyusha and a bouquet of violets, I go to Princess Lyubanova, and poor Meme meets me. Then I go to Olga. Little George has a high fever. I confess to Olga that I love Paul! Stakhovich says that I will get married on May 17th. Sasha comes to dinner. Spiritualism. Again the object of my hatred. My fan is broken. A little ballroom gem! Hello - Paul, Fraza to Alexis. Ella talks to me; Irene and Vel are here. Duke of Hesse. Religious scenes on the stairs. Katya Kuzina in the dressing room and favorite faces! I admire the kiss of love. Serge puts me to work too. Aksakov's death gives me a little hope. The young couple runs away. I can't hold back any longer. Paul is getting dressed in front of me. How sweet he is! I'm thinking about a happy day. I'm worried.
February 14, Sunday
I am twenty years old! God wants me to stop crying! Dad gives me a delightful bracelet, and Zayde gives me a beautiful leaf of withered ivy made of diamonds and a ruby. I'm touched! I go to church, where I bring my excitement and cannot hold back my tears!
Today is fortune telling with a pencil! Sasha comes in for a minute and brings me Huf with a huge and very beautiful photograph of Paul. I'm in love with him! Grigoriev and Anna are having lunch.
Paul. Tatiana. Why are you asking? God does not command! Don't disturb my soul. Dad is excited.
Sasha is having lunch. I'm being secretive with her about Valerian. She immediately runs to Natasha and is late. I see my adult Paul appearing from behind the screen with his kind smile! He never dances with me, never once does his gaze fall on me, he smiles at others. I suffer from this.
I wish I didn't wake up. Dad makes me cry by talking about Paul. Olga arrives with Mrs. Gerken and sits for a long time.
Dad is better, I got up very late. Lisa talked about her mother. This makes me sad. Felix claims that Paul's wedding is decided, and Mich. Micah - probable. The Ignatievs tried to probe the waters, but this was a voice crying in the desert. Zaide and Felix go to the theater. Aurelia reads to me. My God! I want to love always.
Probably, Tatyana, following the example of her namesake, Pushkin’s heroine, confessed her feelings for the Grand Duke. He did not reciprocate her feelings and the childhood friendship was ended; from now on Pavel avoids Tatyana. Her heart is broken.
It is absolutely impossible for me to be happy from now on, no matter what happens. Friendship is God's purest blessing, but I failed to preserve this treasure, and I will die without fulfilling my lifelong dream. Like you, Paul, I am not someone else's half. I don't care much about the idea of getting old, but I really don't want to grow old alone. I have not met a creature with whom I would like to live and die, and if I did, I could not keep it near me.
Since April 1888, Tatyana has been visiting her sister Zinaida in Arkhangelskoye, where in front of her is a picture of the living embodiment of her dreams of happiness: the union of two loving hearts. She is happy for her sister and Felix, but in her poem, written upon arrival, there is a sad, even alarming note:
Their sail is April's shining light,
The star guards his path.
My sail, saturated with the moisture of tears,
Disappears in the distant waves...
Their cups sparkle with the drink of love,
My cup has tipped over...
That torch that burns brightly for others
I will decorate with a white lily!
Telegrams from Arkhangelsk to Berlin to Prince N.B. Yusupov is told about the last days of Tatyana Nikolaevna:
06.24.1888 Tanya has a slight fever, we have a good doctor, don’t worry Zinaida.
“Don’t tempt me unnecessarily,” poet Evgeniy Abramovich Boratynsky, a member of the Moscow English Club, asked in his famous poem. Nikolai Borisovich Yusupov Jr. tempted fate at least twice in his life.
The prince knew well the history of his family - not only the generally accepted one, which he outlined in an extensive two-volume set of documents prepared with his direct participation, but also the secret one, carefully hidden from prying eyes. The family curse, or more precisely, fate, did not spare his family either.
Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich, who loved Prince Boris Grigorievich Yusupov so much, according to legend, predicted for him the gradual death of the entire Yusupov family due to the prince’s participation in the court “case” of the unfortunate son of Peter the Great. This unjust “deed” ruined the Romanov family, which actually ended with Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, and finally with Tsarevich Alexei. It also turned into a terrible fate against the descendants of Boris Grigorievich. There is another version, according to which a family curse was imposed on the Yusupovs due to a change in Faith. On another, impoverished branch of the family, which changed religion much earlier, the curse did not consider it necessary to act as decisively
There were the most contradictory rumors about Tatiana's death, which happened in 1888, at the age of 22. The official version boiled down to typhus, so “favorite” in the princely family, whose regular epidemics could be blamed on whatever your heart desired. The yearning soul of his father, Prince Nikolai Borisovich Jr., wanted to hide this family secret as deeply as possible, which he successfully did...
Princess Tatiana was buried near the southern wall of the estate church of the Archangel Michael in Arkhangelskoye, on a high hill sloping steeply down to the oxbow of the Moscow River. There is always beauty here. In summer you can see the meadow and forest across the river. And in autumn, winter and early spring, when there is no foliage on the trees, the same delightful view that little Tanya’s Mom taught her to admire opens up from the hill. Later, a statue of M. M. Antokolsky Angel was installed on the grave. The artist began work on it in November 1892, judging by his letters to Zinaida Nikolaevna Yusupova.
Mark Matveyevich wrote: “... I will be very, very happy to show you, princess, and the prince my new sketches... Having redone my sketches, I see that the prince was right, I also finished the sketch I started and to my [shame] - successfully, at least that’s what it seems to me.”
In the next letter, he thanked Zinaida Nikolaevna for the 10 thousand francs received on account of the work. Antokolsky was not in Arkhangelskoye, did not see Tatyana’s burial place, which, of course, complicated his creative search. The Yusupovs probably acquainted Mark Matveyevich with a description of the area, with photographs of the princess in order to recreate her portrait features in sculpture; together they discussed the design of the monument, looked for a compositional solution, modifying and improving it. The initial sketch made of plaster is a small figurine (height 37 cm) with the surface loosened with abrupt strokes. Only the general outline of the figure is outlined: facial features are not indicated, the folds of clothing are not worked out; the wings, lowered down, are large and inexpressive; there are no flowers at the base. But already in the preparatory work (botzetto), the sculptor highlighted the main thing - the upward direction of the angel girl.
We learn about sculpting a large clay model from the article “In Antokolsky’s workshop.” The anonymous author visited the artist's studio in Paris and reported in detail on his creative method. “I went into the next room where Mark Matveevich was working. It was a workshop. On the stone floor there were piles of wet clay, plaster and various tools and technical equipment scattered about. There were two statues here. One, still made of clay, unfinished - M[ark] M[atveevich] worked on it - was a tall, slender female angel with wings, striving to the heights (an order for a monument). Despite the fact that the figure was poorly developed, it struck me with its beauty, lightness and grace. It completely stretches upward with such swiftness that it seems that in just one more moment it will fly away.
M[ark] Matveevich] worked nervously, feverishly. He worked out the folds of a woman's dress. With a bold hand, he added pieces of clay here and there, quickly cut off the excess, stepped aside, cast an attentive nervous glance, approached again, cut off again, corrected, pressed firmly with his palm on the wet clay, traced the fold with his finger...”
The clay model was used as the basis for the composition of the second plaster sketch - the final version of the monument - identical to the marble example in Arkhangelskoye. Antokolsky wrote about the latter from Paris in May 1895 to the sculptor I. Ya. Ginzburg: “I am finishing a group of marble: “Sister of Mercy.” Another figure, “Angel,” is being cut out of marble for me.”
In this work, the master realistically conveyed the state of elegiac sadness, humility and detachment, creating a poetic, spiritual image. The girl’s young beautiful face is turned to the sky, her eyes are closed; she seems to be praying, with her lips slightly parted and the cross clutched to her chest. Flowers are scattered at the feet and there is a huge bouquet of “roses of the fragrant scents of the world and incense.” The wings fluttering behind the shoulders are very impressive; unlike the first sketch, they are widely spread, raised and enhance the illusion of movement. It seems that the princess - an angel, walking so easily, in a moment will ascend the heavenly staircase along which the Angels of God ascend to heaven. The sculpture is marked by high technical performance. The flowing folds of the long robe are masterfully modeled, as if they were swaying under the blow of the wind.
The monument, erected in 1899 on the grave of T.N. Yusupova on the picturesque high bank of the Moscow River, was clearly visible from all sides, its clear, expressive silhouette clearly outlined against the background of centuries-old trees. However, in 1939, for better preservation, the monument had to be moved to another, safer place. Currently it is stored in the park pavilion “Tea House”.
In one of his articles, Mark Matveevich noted: “The sculpture has reached a high level of technology, it was admired, it caressed the eye, but did not touch the feelings, but I wanted marble to speak in its pure, powerful, laconic language and awaken in us the best feelings - beauty and goodness, such was and is my ideal in art.” The statue “Angel” fully corresponds to this ideal.
Grand Duke Paul marries a year after Tatiana's death - to Princess Alexandra of Greece, who was also destined to die young...
Poems by Tatyana Nikolaevna Yusupova
Birch (in Russian)
When I see your pattern
Trembling, silvery,
I remember Russian Bor
And a shady island,
And the banks of the Neva,
And everything I love...
Violet
(translation by I. V. Nikiforova)
Violet, shy forest girl,
You cry, you can't forget
About happiness in sunny Crimea,
Where your lily of the valley bloomed, your fragrant dandy.
My love!
I preferred you
To all the gentlemen of the world,
Enjoy everyone!
You're so sensitive -
Don't forget my flowers
Don't tear their petals
Don't break my heart!
My desire
(translation by I. V. Nikiforova)
The galley will turn into a gondola,
And the thorns will turn into flowers,
If I become Paul's wife!
My God, make your dreams come true!
Field
(translation by I.V. Nikiforova)
Do not disappear! After all, life is full of you!
And in grief that your Mother also left you,
I cried the same tear as you,
Grace melts in the soul of hope.
Now I'm twenty.
After tears and pain, I still live in hope,
I still pray: “Oh, save my soul!
God bless my love!"
At the sad ball
(translation by I.V. Nikiforova)
Pressing a bouquet to your lips,
I stepped towards him
Hiding the bitterness of tears,
And I hid the flour.
The other one is next to him, and to me -
Suffering dark dream!
The memory of the past has faded,
He won't love!
Field
(translation by I. V. Nikiforova)
Forgive my anger, forgive me!
I will submit to fate.
Life is not a merry ball,
I'm no match for you!
But if your glance
Could penetrate the heart!
My silent pain -
My love is a guarantee!
Field
(translation by I.V. Nikiforova)
You laughed at me!
Laughing, you condemned
Memories, love,
Everything I once lived for!
Ball, music, flowers -
And the moisture of my tears.
Holy fire of love
Didn't bring me happiness!
Materials taken from the book: I.V. Nikiforova Princess Tatiana. Letters, diary entries, memories
In the family of N.B. Yusupov and his wife Tatyana Alexandrovna, née de Ribeaupierre, had two daughters - Zinaida and Tatyana. A lot is known about the eldest, Zinaida - she was friends with Grand Duchess Elizabeth Feodorovna, she was loved in the world, Infanta Eulalia wrote enthusiastically about her, the Bulgarian prince asked for her hand in marriage. She shone at court balls, survived the revolution and ended her life in Paris. For some reason, there is very little information about the younger sister, Tatyana. Her nephew, Felix Yusupov, writes nothing about her; only a few portraits and photographs remain, which only indicate that Tatyana was not inferior to her sister in beauty.
Well, the less is known about Tatyana Nikolaevna Yusupova, the more interesting it is to find at least some facts and references.
Little Tatyana or Tanik, as her family called her, does not live in Russia very often - she spends a lot of time abroad - at the Yusupov Tatiana villa, where her mother goes to improve her health. When traveling around Europe, Tanik and her sister often meet not only Russian and European aristocrats, but also representatives of ruling dynasties.
When Tanya was only 13 years old, her mother died.
"The night light is on. I'm afraid to be alone! Mom's last words: Another quarter of an hour! My God! Mom blessed us, all three of us, for the last time. Our Father. Mother of God. All hope."
"Dad gives me the ring Mom. I'm dying of grief. Dühring gives me medicine."
With the death of Mom, childhood ended for Tatyana. She has a father, sister, grandmother, but she feels lonely. Her letters and notes now often sound a sad note. She now transfers her love for her mother to Empress Maria Alexandrovna and Grand Dukes Sergei and Paul:
“At dessert, the Pope ordered me to take an oath, but Zaide did not give sweets because I again said “Marusya” (about the Empress). Zaide added that I often call the great princes “Serge” and “Paul!”
We are going to the Kutuzovs! They were waiting for us and very happy to see us. Sasha and Manya tell us about the war. I told Aglaya that I hate the Turks!”
In 1880, Prince Nikolai Borisovich and his daughters returned to Russia. Tanya is finally back in St. Petersburg, she is meeting with family and friends, going to concerts and parties. During the same period, her sister met Prince F.F. Sumarokov-Elston and immediately after meeting Felix refuses to become the bride of the Prince of Bulgaria. Tatyana writes about this in her notebook: “I’m going to the German theater. Zaide returned all red from the Commandant’s, where she met the Bulgarian prince and the cavalry guard Sumarokov-Elston.”
For two years, Prince Yusupov has been opposing this marriage. He dreamed of becoming related to the ruling monarch, and not to the cavalry guard Sumarokov, and already saw his eldest daughter on the throne of Bulgaria.
The princess is a patriot. She is always sincerely happy to return to Russia and is sad when she has to leave for Europe.
"I woke up more cheerful. We are leaving Germany. Soon we will be in Russia! I can’t tell you what joy! ... We went to dinner and were served grouse. I ate them with pleasure - not because I am a gourmet, but because it reminded me of St. Petersburg, as if I was already there. I felt happy - not because of these grouse, but because I again saw this dining room, known to me for so long, this large Russian samovar, boiling loudly, all this Russian furnishings "
Tatyana Nikolaevna was in love from her early youth. The subject of passion, and then love, to which Tatyana Nikolaevna remained faithful until her last breath, was Grand Duke Pavel Alexandrovich, the youngest son of Emperor Alexander II. Grand Dukes Pavel and Sergei often visited the Yusupovs; Princess Tatiana mentions meetings at home and in society in her notes.
“I’m dying of desire to go to Evgenia Maximilianovna’s ball. Finally, I expressed my intentions, said that I would go. We are late, Felix and I. Marie Obolenskaya is my patron. I’m dancing with the hussar Bodrinsky. The spetch is spilling with Evgenia M. I’m dancing the mazurka with Ivkin . I look at the flower in the hand of the Grand Duke. I fall asleep, praying for two brothers. I seem flighty and flirtatious, but this is because of my timidity and inexperience, and yet they smiled at me! What contradictions coexist in a young heart! How can I not Enough of these captivating waltz sounds!”
"My birthday. Dad touched me: at midnight he blessed me and put on me a bracelet that resembles my ring. On the threshold of a new year, on the threshold of a new life, I prayed with all my heart! What happens in his soul when I pray for him?
In the winter garden I remember everything... Kauffman invited me to a mazurka. This is the pearl of the ball! Counterpart with serious Tatishchev. V.K Alexis and N.P. gets on my nerves! Kauffman is a bit annoying.
"I'm worried about V.K. Paul, whom I was involved in too much in my dreams. I wanted to marry him."
"Paul's wedding will take place in St. Petersburg! Where are you, my dreams! I pray for Pavel and Aunt Mimi."
“This month I have had so much excitement and hope! Worry about Paul, his fragile health, his future. I am afraid that he might marry someone other than me, poor one. The mere thought of the possibility of this brings me horrified!"
Grand Duke Paul
“They played a waltz, at the sound of which I saw and fell in love with Paul - this memory is so enlivened by love that I shuddered! The sounds of the violin were not magical, but it was very funny. I was spinning as if in a whirlwind!”
"Finally, I go to the Golitsyn cousins and sit with them for a long time. A portrait of Serge and Elizabeth, who give me pleasure. A portrait of my Paul against the background of Vesuvius. Princess Golitsyna knows, I am sure of it, that I love him."
"Together with kind Dyudyusha and a bouquet of violets, I go to Princess Lyubanova, poor Meme meets me. Then I go to Olga. Little Zhorzhik has a high fever. I confess to Olga that I love Paul! Stakhovich says that I will get married on May 17. Sasha comes dine. Spiritualism. Again the object of my hatred. My fan is broken. Little jewel of the ballroom! "Hello" - Paul, Phrase to Alexis. Ella is talking to me; here Irene and the Grand Duke of Hesse. Religious subjects on the stairs. Katya Kuzina in the weaving room and beloved faces! I admire the kiss of love. Serge harnesses me to work too. Aksakov’s death gives me a little hope. The young couple runs away. I can’t hold back any longer. Paul is getting dressed in front of me. How sweet he is! I’m thinking about “happy day” "I'm worried."
“I’m twenty years old! God wants me not to cry anymore! Dad gives me a delightful bracelet, and Zayde gives me a beautiful leaf of withered ivy made of diamonds with a ruby. I’m touched! I go to church, where I bring my excitement and can’t hold back my tears! "
Today is fortune telling with a pencil! Sasha comes in for a minute and brings me Huf with a huge and very beautiful photograph of Paul. I'm in love with him! Grigoriev and Anna are having lunch.
Paul. Tatiana. Why are you asking? God does not command! Don't disturb my soul. Dad is excited.
Sasha is having lunch. I'm being secretive with her about Valerian. She immediately runs to Natasha and is late. I see my adult Paul appearing from behind the screen with his kind smile! He never dances with me, never once does his gaze fall on me, he smiles at others. I suffer from this."
“I would like not to wake up. Dad makes me cry by talking about Paul. Olga comes with Mrs. Gerken and sits for a long time.”
“Dad is better, I got up very late. Lisa talked about her mother. This makes me sad. Felix claims that Paul’s wedding is decided, but Mich. Micah is probable. The Ignatievs tried to probe the waters, but this is a voice crying in the desert. Zayde and Felix "They go to the theater. Aurelia reads to me. My God! I want to love always."
Probably, Tatyana, following the example of her namesake, Pushkin’s heroine, confessed her feelings for the Grand Duke. He did not reciprocate her feelings and the childhood friendship was ended; from now on Pavel avoids Tatyana. Her heart is broken.
Sisters Tanek and Zaide Yusupov
“It is absolutely impossible for me to be happy from now on, no matter what happens. Friendship is God’s purest blessing, but I failed to preserve this treasure, and I will die without realizing the dream of my whole life. Like you, Paul, I am not someone’s then half. I don't care much about the thought of getting old, but I really don't want to grow old alone. I haven't met a creature with whom I would like to live and die, and if I did, I couldn't keep it near me."
Since April 1888, Tatyana has been visiting her sister Zinaida in Arkhangelskoye, where in front of her is a picture of the living embodiment of her dreams of happiness: the union of two loving hearts. She is happy for her sister and Felix, but in her poem, written upon arrival, there is a sad, even alarming note:
Their sail is April's shining light,
The star guards his path.
My sail, saturated with the moisture of tears,
Disappears in the distant waves...
Their cups sparkle with the drink of love,
My cup has tipped over...
That torch that burns brightly for others
I will decorate with a white lily!
Telegrams from Arkhangelsk to Berlin to Prince N.B. Yusupov is told about the last days of Tatyana Nikolaevna:
24.06. 1888 “Tanya has a slight fever, we have a good doctor, don’t worry Zinaida.”
27.06. 1888 "Princess Tatiana died at midnight without suffering, very calmly without regaining consciousness, prepare Father Sumarokov."
“Don’t tempt me unnecessarily,” poet Evgeniy Abramovich Boratynsky, a member of the Moscow English Club, asked in his famous poem. Nikolai Borisovich Yusupov Jr. tempted fate at least twice in his life.
The prince knew well the history of his family - not only the generally accepted one, which he outlined in an extensive two-volume set of documents prepared with his direct participation, but also the secret one, carefully hidden from prying eyes. The family curse, or more precisely, fate, which I already wrote about at the beginning of the book, did not bypass his family either.
Tsarevich Alexei Petrovich, who loved Prince Boris Grigorievich Yusupov so much, according to legend, predicted for him the gradual death of the entire Yusupov family due to the prince’s participation in the court “case” of the unfortunate son of Peter the Great. This unjust “deed” ruined the Romanov family, which actually ended with Empress Elizabeth Petrovna, and finally with Tsarevich Alexei. It also turned into a terrible fate against the descendants of Boris Grigorievich. There is another version, according to which a family curse was imposed on the Yusupovs due to a change in Faith. On another, impoverished branch of the family, which changed religion much earlier, the curse did not consider it necessary to act as decisively
There were the most contradictory rumors about Tatiana's death, which happened in 1888, at the age of 22. The official version boiled down to typhus, so “favorite” in the princely family, whose regular epidemics could be blamed on whatever your heart desired. The yearning soul of his father, Prince Nikolai Borisovich Jr., wanted to hide this family secret as deeply as possible, which he successfully did...
Princess Tatiana was buried near the southern wall of the estate church of the Archangel Michael in Arkhangelskoye, on a high hill sloping steeply down to the oxbow of the Moscow River. There is always beauty here. In summer you can see the meadow and forest across the river. And in autumn, winter and early spring, when there is no foliage on the trees, the same delightful view that little Tanya’s Mom taught her to admire opens up from the hill. Later, a statue of M.M. was installed on the grave. Antokolsky "Angel". The artist began work on it in November 1892, judging by his letters to Zinaida Nikolaevna Yusupova.
Mark Matveyevich wrote: “...I will be very, very happy to show you my new sketches, princess and prince... Having redone my sketches, I see that the prince was right, I also finished the sketch I started, and to my [shame] - successfully, at least At least it seems so to me.” In the next letter, he thanked Zinaida Nikolaevna for the 10 thousand francs received on account of the work. Antokolsky was not in Arkhangelskoye, did not see Tatyana’s burial place, which, of course, complicated his creative search. The Yusupovs probably acquainted Mark Matveyevich with a description of the area, with photographs of the princess in order to recreate her portrait features in sculpture; together they discussed the design of the monument, looked for a compositional solution, modifying and improving it. The initial sketch made of plaster is a small figurine (height 37 cm) with the surface loosened with abrupt strokes. Only the general outline of the figure is outlined: facial features are not indicated, the folds of clothing are not worked out; the wings, lowered down, are large and inexpressive; there are no flowers at the base. But already in the preparatory work (botzetto), the sculptor highlighted the main thing - the upward direction of the angel girl.
We learn about sculpting a large clay model from the article “In Antokolsky’s workshop.” The anonymous author visited the artist's studio in Paris and reported in detail on his creative method. “I went into the next room where Mark Matveevich was working. It was a workshop. On the stone floor there were piles of wet clay, plaster and various tools and technical equipment scattered about. There were two statues here. One, still made of clay, unfinished - M[ark] M[atveevich] worked on it - was a tall, slender female angel with wings, striving to the heights (an order for a monument). Despite the fact that the figure was poorly developed, it struck me with its beauty, lightness and grace. It completely stretches upward with such swiftness that it seems that in just one more moment it will fly away.
M[ark] Matveevich] worked nervously, feverishly. He worked out the folds of a woman's dress. With a bold hand, he added pieces of clay here and there, quickly cut off the excess, stepped aside, cast an attentive nervous glance, approached again, cut off again, corrected, pressed firmly with his palm on the wet clay, traced the fold with his finger...”
The clay model was used as the basis for the composition of the second plaster sketch - the final version of the monument - identical to the marble example in Arkhangelskoye. Antokolsky wrote about the latter from Paris in May 1895 to the sculptor I.Ya. Ginzburg: “I am finishing a group of marble: “Sister of Mercy.” Another figure, “Angel,” is being cut out of marble for me.”
In this work, the master realistically conveyed the state of elegiac sadness, humility and detachment, creating a poetic, spiritual image. The girl’s young beautiful face is turned to the sky, her eyes are closed; she seems to be praying, with her lips slightly parted and the cross clutched to her chest. Flowers are scattered at the feet and there is a huge bouquet of “roses of the fragrant scents of the world and incense.” The wings fluttering behind the shoulders are very impressive; unlike the first sketch, they are widely spread, raised and enhance the illusion of movement. It seems that the princess - an angel, walking so easily, in a moment will ascend the heavenly staircase along which the Angels of God ascend to heaven. The sculpture is marked by high technical performance. The flowing folds of the long robe are masterfully modeled, as if they were swaying under the blow of the wind.
Z.N. Yusupova against the background of a portrait of her deceased sister
The monument, erected in 1899 on the grave of T.N. Yusupova on the picturesque high bank of the Moscow River, was clearly visible from all sides, its clear, expressive silhouette clearly outlined against the background of centuries-old trees. However, in 1939, for better preservation, the monument had to be moved to another, safer place. Currently it is stored in the park pavilion “Tea House”.
In one of his articles, Mark Matveevich noted: “The sculpture has reached a high level of technology - it was admired, it caressed the eye, but did not touch the feelings, but I wanted marble to speak in its pure, powerful, laconic language and awaken in us the best feelings - beauty and goodness, such was and is my ideal in art.” The statue “Angel” fully corresponds to this ideal.
Grand Duke Paul marries a year after Tatiana's death - to Princess Alexandra of Greece, who was also destined to die young...
Poems by Tatyana Nikolaevna Yusupova
Birch (in Russian)
When I see your pattern
Trembling, silvery,
I remember Russian Bor
And a shady island,
And the banks of the Neva,
And everything I love...
Violet (translation by I.V. Nikiforova)
Violet, shy forest girl,
You cry, you can't forget
About happiness in sunny Crimea,
Where your lily of the valley bloomed, your fragrant dandy.
My love!
I preferred you
To all the gentlemen of the world,
Enjoy everyone!
You're so sensitive -
Don't forget my flowers
Don't tear their petals
Don't break my heart!
My wish (translation by I.V. Nikiforova)
The galley will turn into a gondola,
And the thorns will turn into flowers,
If I become Paul's wife!
My God, make your dreams come true!
Do not disappear! After all, life is full of you!
And in grief that your Mother also left you,
I cried the same tear as you,
Grace melts in the soul of hope.
Now I'm twenty.
After tears and pain, I still live in hope,
I still pray: “Oh, save my soul!
God bless my love!"
At the sad ball (translation by I.V. Nikiforova)
Pressing a bouquet to your lips,
I stepped towards him
Hiding the bitterness of tears,
And I hid the flour.
The other one is next to him, and to me -
Suffering dark dream!
The memory of the past has faded,
He won't love!
To the field (translation by I.V. Nikiforova)
Forgive my anger, forgive me!
I will submit to fate.
Life is not a merry ball,
I'm no match for you!
But if your glance
Could penetrate the heart!
My silent pain -
My love is a guarantee!
To the field (translation by I.V. Nikiforova)
You laughed at me!
Laughing, you condemned
Memories, love,
Everything I once lived for!
Ball, music, flowers -
And the moisture of my tears.
Holy fire of love
Didn't bring me happiness!
Materials taken from the book: I.V. Nikiforova "Princess Tatiana. Letters, diary entries, memories"
Once again I found a house with interesting legendary inhabitants. This beautiful building is located on Liteiny Prospekt. I usually drove past, turning off Belinsky Street. It is impossible not to notice this house. It stands out from the rest and immediately attracts attention.
House of Princess Zinaida Yusupova
After taking a few photos, I decided to study the history of its residents and again found a mystical theme. This house was built in 1858 for Princess Zinaida Ivanovna Yusupova (née Naryshkina), who was destined to face the curse of her family. Legends are also associated with the life of this lady.
According to family legend, the Yusupov family was cursed. The Yusupovs were descendants of the Nogai Khan Yusuv, who came to serve Ivan the Terrible. One day, one of the Yusupovs, Abdul-Mirza, decided to surprise the patriarch who came to visit him. He served the guest "fish". When the patriarch finished the meal, the hospitable host said that it was a goose - boasting of the skill of his cook, who could cook a goose like a fish. This happened on a fast day, when a Christian was only allowed fish, but not meat. Upon learning of his mistake, Abdul-Mirza was afraid of falling into disgrace and losing his property. Repenting, he announced his decision to convert to Christianity.
The news of the betrayal of faith outraged Yusupov's compatriots. According to legend, a Nogai sorceress cursed Abdul Mirza. The witch cast a spell: “of all the Yusupovs born in one generation, only one will live to be twenty-six years old, and this will continue until the complete destruction of the family.” They said that the angry prophet Muhammad himself appeared to Yusupov in a dream.
The curse was coming true, of all the children born, only one lived to be 26 years old, the rest died.
Mistress of the house Zinaida Yusupova (née Naryshkina)
Boris Yusupov. Princess Zinaida's first husband, Boris Yusupov, was 15 years older than her. Their wedding took place in 1827, the bride was 18 years old, the groom was 33 years old. The husband died in 1849 at the age of 55.
Zinaida Ivanovna gave birth to her first child - son Nikolai. The second child was a daughter who died in infancy. After the death of her daughter, the princess learned about the curse - that only one of her children was destined to live to 26 years of age. Having experienced grief, Zinaida told her husband that she refused to “give birth to dead people” and insisted on ending the marital relationship. My husband didn't mind. The couple lived in peace and harmony, each with their own personal lives. Their only son Nikolai survived the fatal milestone - 26 years old.
Contemporaries recalled that during the wedding of Yusupov and Naryshkina a “bad omen” happened. The bride's engagement ring slipped out of her hands and rolled so far that she had to bring another one. The omen came true; the couple lived separately for most of their family life.
The Yusupov family was famous for its wealth. Boris Yusupov managed to increase the family's wealth.
Prince Boris explained his success in commerce by his reasonable attitude towards his subordinates. “You should know my thoughts that I place all my wealth in the well-being of my peasants... a perspicacious landowner is rich when the peasants are in good condition and when they bless their lot.”- he wrote to the manager.
House of Princess Yusupova in the 19th century
The princess's house today
Princess Zinaida Ivanovna was one of the first beauties and experienced many love adventures.
The owner of a secular salon, Dolly Fikelmon, wrote about Yusupova:
“Tall, thin, with a charming waist, with a perfectly sculpted head, she has beautiful black eyes, a very lively face with a cheerful expression that suits her so wonderfully.”
It was rumored that Emperor Nicholas I himself paid attention to the princess; socialite Dolly wrote: “The constant kindness of the emperor and the pleasure that he feels when his gaze rests on a beautiful and exquisite face is the only reason that makes him continue to show her his respect.”
Zinaida Yusupova
In 1830, the young princess began an affair with officer Nicholas Gervais. Their love story, which lasted 11 years, ended sadly. Gervais was killed in 1841 in the Caucasus. Before Gervais left for the war, his friend Mikhail Lobanov-Rostovsky wrote with concern: “He looks like he’s going to die in the first case.” These words turned out to be prophetic.
Upon learning of Gervais's death, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna wrote in her diary: “A sigh about Lermontov, about his broken lyre, which promised Russian literature to become its outstanding star. Two sighs about Gervais, about his too faithful heart, this courageous heart, which only with his death stopped beating for this flighty Zinaida"
Zinaida Yusupova
Soon the world was discussing the princess’s affair with a young Narodnaya Volya member. When he was imprisoned in the fortress, Yusupova agreed that her lover would be released to her at night. There is a legend that when the young man died, she hired doctors to embalm his body. Zinaida buried her beloved in the wall of the house next to her bedroom. The princess wished that even after death her lover would be next to her.
Within the walls of her house, Princess Zinaida Yusupova buried the mummy of her deceased lover
But the world of the living turned out to be more attractive. In 1861, the princess, who was 52 years old, married officer de Chaveau and spent the last years of her life with her husband in Paris. So that their marriage did not look like a misalliance, she bought a count title for her husband. The former passion for the dead man was forgotten.
Perhaps the ghost of the revolutionary, buried in the wall of the house, still wanders the corridors, waiting for the return of the flighty princess.
In this church at the princess's house, her wedding took place with officer de Chevaux.
The house was inherited by Zinaida's great-grandson, Felix Yusupov, who became famous for the murder of Rasputin.
Zinaida Yusupova lived to be 83 years old.
Great-grandson Prince Felix wrote in his “Memoirs”: “My great-grandmother was a real beauty, she lived cheerfully, had more than one adventure...
...I can see my great-grandmother, as if on a throne, in a deep armchair, and on the back of the chair above her are three crowns: princesses, countesses, marquises. Even though she was an old woman, she remained a beauty and retained her royal manners and posture. She sat rouged and perfumed, wearing a red wig and a string of pearl beads.”
However, the curse reminded itself again. The princess's granddaughter, also named Zinaida, became seriously ill. In 1878, she injured her leg while horseback riding, which led to blood poisoning. Zinaida Yusupova Jr. was 23 years old. When she had already come to terms with the thought of death, John of Kronstadt, famous for his gift as a healer and miracle worker, appeared to her in a dream. Waking up, the princess asked to call Father John.
Zinaida Yusupova Jr., her facial features resemble her grandmother
John of Kronstadt responded to the young lady’s request. When he entered the dying woman’s room, the famous doctor Botkin, who was entrusted with the treatment of the princess, said, “Help us.” To the surprise of skeptics, the visit of John of Kronstadt helped young Yusupova, and she recovered.
The princess learned about the curse of the family after the death of her younger sister Tanechka and felt guilty, as if with her recovery she had doomed her sister to death.
Tatyana Yusupova, who became a victim of the curse
Zinaida and Tatyana Yusupov
The Bulgarian prince Battenberg wooed Zinaida Yusupova Jr., but the princess’s attention was attracted by officer Felix Sumarokov-Elston, who accompanied the prince. Elston proposed to Yusupova the day after they met.
Son Felix describes his mother’s choice this way:
“Famous Europeans, including the august ones, asked for her hand in marriage, but she refused everyone, wanting to choose a spouse according to her taste. The grandfather dreamed of seeing his daughter on the throne and was now upset that she was not ambitious. And I was completely upset when I learned that she was marrying Count Sumarokov Elston, a simple guards officer.”
Unlike her namesake grandmother, whose life turned out to be very turbulent, Zinaida Yusupova Jr. loved her husband and remained faithful to him.
To prevent the surname of the Yusupov family from being cut short, Zinaida’s husband took her surname. Usually, if a noble family did not have a son-heir, the parents of the heiress insisted that her husband take their surname - so the children and grandchildren would receive the surname of the family. If the groom himself was a descendant of an ancient surname and also cared about procreation, then the surname became double - the surname of the husband and the surname of the wife.
Zinaida Yusupova Jr. had two sons, Nikolai and Felix. She hoped that the curse would finally leave their family.
Zinaida Yusupova Jr. with her husband Felix and sons Nikolai and Felix.
“Mother was amazing. Tall, thin, graceful, dark and black-haired, with eyes shining like stars. Smart, educated, artistic, kind. No one could resist her charms...
...Wherever mother went, she carried light with her. Her eyes shone with kindness and meekness. She dressed elegantly and strictly. She didn’t like jewelry, although she owned the best in the world, and wore them only on special occasions.”- recalled son Felix.
Zinaida Yusupova Jr. with her sons
Despite her wealth, Yusupova raised her sons in strictness, not allowing herself to be exalted above others. Felix wrote about his mother’s upbringing:
“But she did not boast about her talents, but was simplicity and modesty itself. The more you are given, she repeated to me and my brother, the more you owe to others. Be humble. If you are superior to others in anything, God forbid you show it to them.”
But the curse came true again. The eldest son Nikolai died in 1908 in a duel on the eve of his 26th birthday. He was in love with Marina Heiden, who married Count Manteuffelem. Nikolai, in love, followed Marina even during her honeymoon. The indignant husband challenged his wife's admirer to a duel, and the shot turned out to be fatal.
The eldest son of Princess Yusupova is Nikolai, who died in a duel on the eve of his 26th birthday
Felix Yusupov described the family tragedy this way:
“Rending screams came from my father’s room. I entered and saw him, very pale, in front of the stretcher where Nikolai’s body was stretched out. His mother, kneeling before him, seemed to have lost her mind. With great difficulty we tore her away from our son’s body and put her to bed. Having calmed down a little, she called me, but when she saw me, she mistook me for her brother. It was an unbearable scene. Then my mother fell into prostration, and when she came to her senses, she did not let me go for a second.”
This is what the “fatal lady” looked like for whom Nikolai Yusupov died, an inconspicuous young lady
Thank you Duchesselisa
who found the photo
Zinaida Yusupova Jr. had the gift of foresight and foresaw the tragedy of the royal family. She tried to warn Nicholas II and his wife, but to no avail. Too late, the emperor believed that her premonitions of the princess were not in vain.
As Felix Yusupov wrote:
“In 1917, the life physician, dentist Kastritsky, returning from Tobolsk, where the royal family was under arrest, read us the last sovereign message conveyed to him:
“When you see Princess Yusupova, tell her that I realized how correct her warnings were. If they had been listened to, many tragedies would have been avoided.”
Felix Yusupov with his wife Irina
Felix Yusupov and his wife Irina had one daughter - named Irina after her mother. When she got married, she took her husband’s surname – Sheremetyev.
Zinaida Nikolaevna Yusupova with her granddaughter Irina
Granddaughter Irina Yusupova (Sheremetyeva) with daughter Ksenia
Descendants of the Yusupovs are alive today.
Ksenia Sfiri - descendant of the Yusupovs
Ksenia has one daughter - Tatyana Sfiri (b. 1968), who has two children - Marilia (b. 2004) and Jasmine-Ksenia (b. 2006). The girls do not bear the Yusupov surname, which means the curse will not affect them.
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(nee Engelhardt) - the niece of His Serene Highness Prince G. A. Potemkin-Tavrichesky, was born on January 1, 1769 in a poor noble family of the Smolensk province. Her father, captain of the Smolensk gentry Vasily Andreevich Engelhardt, was married to Elena Alexandrovna Potemkina, and thanks to this relationship, all his daughters made brilliant roles. Tatyana Vasilievna's early childhood coincided with the favor of her famous uncle. She was the youngest of her sisters and, like them, was distinguished by her remarkable beauty. Uncle's patronage, happy appearance, gentle character - everything promised her a happy future. Not yet reaching the age of twelve, she was made a maid of honor, and the empress took her under her protection. Having come from a poor provincial environment to the noisy court of Catherine II, Tatyana Vasilievna became the subject of attention of many, not only as the niece of a nobleman, but as a very interesting, intelligent, lively and very beautiful girl. By this time, she met the Duchess of Kingston, Countess Varch, who then visited St. Petersburg on her own luxurious yacht and was received at the Court. Attracting everyone's attention with her intelligence, beauty, brilliance and wealth of her travels, the Duchess, who was no longer in her first youth at that time, fell in love like a daughter with the Empress's fifteen-year-old maid of honor Tatyana Vasilyevna Engelhardt. She became so attached to her that she agreed to make her the heiress of her entire enormous fortune, if only Tatyana Vasilievna would agree to leave Russia and go with her to England. But the young maid of honor could not agree to this: she loved her homeland, became attached to the empress, and no tempting offers could persuade her to leave Russia. The duchess's proposal was rejected, and soon after, in 1785, Tatyana Vasilievna married her distant relative, Lieutenant General Mikhail Sergeevich Potemkin. The empress herself arranged this wedding and took the young bride to the crown. Their family life lasted only six years. In 1791, quite by accident, while crossing the river, her husband drowned, and she was left a widow with two young children, of whom daughter Catherine was the empress’s goddaughter. The death of her husband was a heavy blow for Tatyana Vasilievna. She moved away from the courtyard and began to spend time in solitude, not taking part in the noisy life of the then society. Only by yielding to the persistent requests of the empress did she finally decide to appear occasionally in the court circle again. Here she soon met with Prince. Nikolai Borisovich Yusupov, his future husband. At this time, Prince. Nikolai Borisovich has just returned from abroad, where he traveled with an emergency embassy to Italy. Again, with the empress’s favorable consent, Tatyana Vasilievna’s wedding with Prince took place in 1793. Yusupov. A year later their son Boris Nikolaevich was born. After her marriage, Tatyana Vasilievna again began to rarely appear at Court; she was looking for a quiet, calm life and devoted herself entirely to raising her son. From that time until her death, the princess's life passed peacefully in a family environment and in the company of people whom she loved and who themselves valued and respected Tatyana Vasilievna as a good and interesting person. A select circle of people gathered in her living room, to which, by the way, belonged the poet Derzhavin, who wrote a beautiful poem “Sleeping Eros” in the princess’s album, inspired by the sight of Tatyana Vasilievna’s son lying in his crib. In addition, Derzhavin also wrote a poem addressed to the princess in the princess’s album, “To a mother who raises her children herself.” Her house was also visited by the fabulist Krylov, the poet Zhukovsky and the famous poet A.S. Pushkin; in general, many artistic and literary celebrities could be met in Princess Yusupova’s living room.
Here, in the St. Petersburg house of the princess, lived another celebrity, the daughter of the Siberian exile Praskovya Lupalova, who came to St. Petersburg in 1804 from distant Siberia to seek mercy for her exiled father. She found shelter and patronage with Princess Tatyana Vasilievna, who helped her get out of her difficult situation by giving the famous French novelist Count de Maistre material for his famous story “Parasha the Sibiryachka,” which describes the modest Praskovya Lupalova.
Possessing an enormous fortune, Tatyana Vasilyevna herself managed her numerous estates, and was distinguished by great accuracy and thrift, which gave reason to consider her stingy. At one time, the princess was keen on compiling a collection of emblems and mottos, and she asked her friends to suggest some emblem and inscription and then ordered talented artists to carve them on carnelians, onyxes and various expensive stones. Much more valuable to the princess was her penchant for collecting precious stones. The collection she compiled was very valuable. This collection included, among other things, a famous diamond, called the “Polar Star” due to its size and beauty, then the earrings of Queen Marie Antoinette, a diamond called la tête du bélier (Aldebaran), a large sapphire, various solitaires, and so on. Among them was also the glorious pearl and diamond diadem of the Queen of Naples, wife of Murat. The famous pearl, known as “Peregrina,” which Philip II bought for 200,000 rubles in 1620, also adorned the princess’s collection.
Tatyana Vasilievna’s life flowed broadly and calmly, and she quietly reached old age. Having retained a kind, sympathetic heart until the end of her days, the princess did not stop doing charity work throughout her life. She died completely unexpectedly on May 23, 1841 in St. Petersburg, where she was buried in the vestibule of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra.
"About the family of the Yusupov princes, a collection of their biographies, charters and letters to them from the Russian Sovereigns, from the 16th to the half of the 19th century, and other family papers, with the addition of generational records of the ancestors of the Yusupov princes from the 16th century." Part one, St. Petersburg, 1867, pp. 169-176, 417. - Book A. B. Lobanov-Rostovsky, "Russian genealogical book", ed. 1895, vol. II, p. 418. - Works of G. R. Derzhavin (Academic edition edited by Grot). - “Russian portraits of the 18th and 19th centuries,” vol. I, no. 10; vol. IV, no. 206. Ed. Grand Duke Nikolai Mikhailovich.
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