Background
Alexandra Bakhmetyeva was born on January 23, 1823, Moscow City, Russian Federation.
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Alexandra Bakhmetyeva received home education. Since the late 30s, she lived with her parents in Rome, where she communicated with N. V. Stankevich and I.S. Turgenev, who wrote to Stankevich about his passion for Alexandra. He dedicated to her in 1840 poems: "Сhto tebya ya ne lyblu" and "Дuna plivet nad dremleyuschei zemlei".
Career
After marrying to P.V. Bakhmetyev in 1849, she lived mainly in Moscow, doing charity work (in the Society of lovers of spiritual enlightenment) and literary activities. In 1864, she was elected an honorary member of the Free Society of Lovers of Literature, Science, and the Arts.
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Connections
She was friends with the family of I. S. Aksakov and A. F. Aksakova. Her letters are addressed to I. S. Gagarin about F. I. Tyutchev (1874)
- Father:
- N.V. Khovrin
- Mother:
- M.D. Khovrina
- Spouse:
- P.V. Bakhmetyev
- Friend:
- Nicholas Stankevich
- Friend:
- Ivan Turgenev
