Sixteen years of forbidden love three poet Nekrasov

Many Russian poets are known for their love affairs, including Nikolai Nekrasov. Well, talented individuals are prone to shocking and strange actions. Today we will tell you how the great poet wrote. Nekras about love And what was special about his relationship with women.



The great Russian poet and writer has never been distinguished by restraint. On the contrary, he was a quick-tempered and unpredictable person. Like many creative personalities, Nikolai Alexeevich loved women very much. The ladies usually reciprocated him. "Love as long as you love."Nekrasov wrote in his poem Green Noise. He seems to have followed this principle himself.



GettyImages Nekrasov and the Panayev family Although the writer had many love affairs, individual novels deserve special attention. For example, with Avdotya Panayeva, the wife of the writer Ivan Panayev. Nekrasov without memory fell in love with AvdotyaAt that time, she was considered one of the most intelligent and beautiful women in St. Petersburg.

She inspired many poets and writers of the time, including Dostoevsky. However, Fyodor Mikhailovich did not impress the girl as much as she did him. Avdotya Panayeva, being married, gave her heart to Nekrasov. They met on a poetic evening when they were both in their early 20s. Nikolai Alekseevich immediately lost his head. Began to actively care for someone else’s wife.

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Avdotya, of course, did not immediately reciprocate, and almost brought Nekrasov to trouble. He was on the verge of voluntarily saying goodbye to life. However, after a while, Avdotya confessed to the poet that she was also in love with him. From that moment the most interesting thing began: The couple began to live in the house of Panayev, together with the legal husband of Avdotya.. Panayeva’s husband was not at all against this course of events.



GettyImages Living as a threesome was of course incomprehensible to society. Moreover, Nekrasov threw scandals to Ivan Panayev because of jealousy. He wrote for a reason: Jealousy is gullible like a child and rabid like a wild animal. The behavior of the poet was condemned, there was a lot of gossip. But with all this love three lasted 16 years. Avdotya ended her relationship with Nekrasov when she was widowed.

Now such a non-standard relationship will not surprise anyone. The idea of what is normal has changed a lot. Nekrasov was well aware that in the future there will be a transformation of morals, and wrote about it:

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Nekrasov and Selina Lefren After the end of relations with Panayeva, Nekrasov was a little burned, but soon Found a new muse - French actress Selina Lefrin. She performed in the French troupe of the Mikhailovsky Theatre. In 1864, Nekrasov went to Europe and took with him Selina and his sister Anna. It was in Paris that Nekrasov began a relationship with Selina.

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For the most part, It was one-sided love.. Nekrasov and Selina maintained contact for 5 years, but the Frenchwoman did not have strong feelings for Nikolai Alekseevich, although she was quite supportive of him. Maybe it's because the poet was good at it.

Nekrasov's wife The lawful wife of the poet was Fekla Anisimova Viktorova, better known as Zinaida Nikolaevna.. There is very little reliable information about the origin of Thekla. Some said that she was the daughter of an ober-officer, others – that the girl from the family of a military scribe and laundress. The exact date of birth is also unknown. When they met Nekrasov, she was between 17 and 23 years old. And the writer himself is 48.



There is a legend that Nekrasov won Thekla in cards from the merchant Lytkin, whose girl lived as a keeper. No one knows for sure if this story is true. It is known only that the girl was uneducated, but very kind and sensitive. This is how she conquered the creative soul of Nekrasov.

First, the writer rented an apartment for Thekla, where he visited from time to time. He later moved his beloved to his home. In a meek girl, Nekrasova arranged everything, except for the frankly village name.. So he came up with a new one. Zinaida Nikolaevna.

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The poet took care of the proper education of Zina: he took his wife to theaters and museums, taught literacy, hired teachers for her. The girl idolized Nekrasov, and He was happy that he finally found a strong and peaceful love.. But the age of the writer at that time was respectable.

Soon Nikolai Alekseevich became seriously ill, his condition quickly deteriorated. My lover never left his bed. The poet continued to write and dedicated many poems to his beloved Zina. At the end of his life, Nekrasov insisted on a wedding with his chosen heart. It was in Zinaida that the poet found what he was looking for.

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In Nekrasov’s work “Poet and Citizen”, one of the characters pronounces the words: “I swear I honestly hated it! I swear, I truly loved you! It seems that the poet put personal views into the mouth of his character. Generally. Nekras about love He wrote a lot, not only about his feelings for women, but also for his mother.

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However, it is the love adventures of the poet that cause great interest to this day. By the way, among Russian writers there were other lovers of non-standard relationships. You can read more about this in the article about polyamorous love among famous personalities.

We hope that the article was interesting and opened a curtain that hides many details from the lives of famous people.

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