Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev is a great Russian poet who lived abroad for many years, but praised the beauty of his native Russian nature. In addition, he has always been a favorite of women. His life was filled with romantic stories that left a noticeable mark on his poetry.
First teacher
Fedor Ivanovich Tyutchev, like many noble children, received a home education. His teacher was Semyon Yegorovich Raich, a poet, deep connoisseur and translator of ancient and Italian literature. After the matured Tyutchev left for Moscow, Raich became the home teacher of another future great poet, Mikhail Lermontov.
The four loves of a poet
During his diplomatic service in Munich, 23-year-old Tyutchev met the young beauty Amalia Lerchenfeld. At various times, Pushkin and Heine, the Russian monarch Nicholas I and the Bavarian king Ludwig were fascinated by her. But the wayward beauty did not reciprocate to any of them. But the modest, helpful Tyutchev managed to win her heart. However, they were not destined to stay together - soon Amalia was married to Baron Krudener. Tyutchev did not forget his youthful love. Amalia Krudener is dedicated to the poems "I met you …" and "I remember the golden time …"
The poet's first wife, Eleanor Peterson, was 4 years older than him. When Fyodor Ivanovich married her, Eleanor was a young widow with four children. In a marriage with Tyutchev, Eleanor had three more daughters. The elder Anna subsequently became the wife of the famous Russian writer Ivan Sergeevich Aksakov.
After the untimely death of his first wife, Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev married the beautiful Baroness Ernestine Dernberg. Interestingly, once at a ball in Munich, Ernestine's first husband felt unwell and decided to go home alone. Then he turned to a young Russian, with whom the baroness was just talking, with the words: "I entrust you with my wife." Needless to say, this young man was Tyutchev. Baron Dernberg soon died of typhus.
Tyutchev's last love, Elena Denisyeva, was 23 years younger than the poet and studied at the Smolny Institute for Noble Maidens with his two older daughters. Their long love affair, from which three children were born, caused universal condemnation in society. Perhaps it was the ambiguity of the situation and the hostility of others that killed Elena, who died of tuberculosis at the age of 37. Tyutchev's legal wife, Ernestina, knew about his husband's relationship with another woman and even allowed him to give his last name to illegitimate children. The poet dedicated the most poignant cycle of his love poems to Elena Denisyeva.
So ambiguous, full of love passions and experiences, was the life of the great Russian poet Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev.
