Although Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin lived in marriage for only six years, he managed to leave heirs behind him. After the death of the great poet, his wife Natalya was left with four small children in her arms: two sons and two daughters. After the death of her husband, the woman moved to her brother, but two years later she returned to the village of Mikhailovskoye.
Pushkin's children were educated people. The daughters were educated at home, the sons mastered the elementary school at home, and then entered the Petersburg gymnasium and graduated from the Page Corps at a military school. Many fans of the poet’s work are interested in what the names of Pushkin’s children were. Daughters - Maria and Natalia, sons - Alexander and Gregory.
On May 19, 1832, Maria Alexandrovna was born . Her amazing beauty inspired Leo Tolstoy so much that he wrote off the image of Anna Karenina from her. Many admired Mary’s aristocratic manners, the ability to conduct social conversations at ease. The girl got married at the age of 28. When she turned 45, Maria’s husband, General Gartung Leonid Nikolaevich, died. The woman did not have children; she lived alone in Moscow. She died at 87 years old, March 7, 1919.
Pushkin's children did not follow in the footsteps of his father and did not engage in creativity. On July 6, 1833, the eldest son Alexander was born. He devoted himself to a military career and rose to the rank of lieutenant general. For the courage shown during the Russian-Turkish war, he received a gold saber “For courage”. Alexander Alexandrovich kept all the manuscripts and books of his father, carefully treated his things. He was married twice, from two marriages he had four sons and seven daughters. He died at the age of 81, July 19, 1914.
Although Pushkin’s children preferred a military career, they respected his father’s work. Grigory Aleksandrovich, after graduating from a military school, transferred to civil service with the
rank of court adviser. He was the owner of the Mikhailovsky estate. He married at the age of 50, but there were no children. On the centenary of the birth of
his father, Grigory Alexandrovich transferred his estate to the state, and he himself moved to live in the house of his wife. Contemporaries remembered him as a kind, witty, cheerful and hospitable person, he was engaged in charity. Grigory Alexandrovich died on August 15, 1905.
Pushkin's children looked more like a mother in appearance, only the youngest daughter Natalya adopted the features of her father. She was born on May 23, 1836, had a strong-willed and firm character. She was a bright and independent girl, so she was not afraid to go against her mother’s will and at the age of 17 she married Colonel Dubelt. She gave birth to three children, but, not having suffered an unbalanced character and drunken fights of her husband, Natalia broke up with him eight years later. For the second time, the woman married Prince Nicholas of Nassau, she was awarded the title of Countess Merenberg. In the
second marriage, Natalia gave birth to four more children. Died at the age of 79, March 10, 1913.
Very numerous offspring left behind the children of Pushkin. Photos of these people have survived to our time. All of them were noble, honest, kind and open people, with honor bearing the name of their great father.