played some role later in the purchase, but they knew each other from childhood, because vera nikolaevna vaeikovawidow of alexei vasilyevich vaeikov and babasha, the grandmother of the polenov children, she had a certain status as the widow of a hero of the war of the twelfth year and in general, so to speak, a grand lady, as i said. that's why this allowed her and her grandchildren to relax in the tsarskoe selo in the summer and the polenov children played on the same playground, as if with the imperial family, so there are also memories of this and polenov himself recalls this, recalls and his son also talks about this, so they had contact from early childhood, but of course the rapprochement with the heir occurred right there during this turkish. in battles they have military, deservedly military awards, and here we have them, this is the serbian takova cross, and the serbian medal for bravery, below, as i understand it, where is approximately the st. george medal, this is a medal in memory of the russian-turkish war, when he was at the headquarters, here are two absolutely here it is even wri

polenov as a person and as a grandmother, undoubtedly not an easy one, here is her portrait vera nikolaevna vaeikova, on the one hand , the empress's maid of honor, a grand lady, look at how amazing she is, what an appearance she has, on the other hand, a kind, sweet grandmother for her grandchildren, she was their real grandmother, this is her - left a widow at 33 years old. with three children, her husband, a hero of the war of the twelfth years, general alexey vasilyevich vaeikov died from his wounds, he participated in suvorov's crossing of the alps, in the battle of borodino and so on, he was gone, she was left a widow with three children at the age of 33, she devoted her entire life until she was 80 to preserving the memory of her husband , raising first her children, and then her grandchildren. we continue our conversation about polenov's fatigue. and today our guest is the director of the polenov reserve museum, natalya polenova. she is also the great-granddaughter of the great russian artist, vasily dmitrovich polenov. but enlightenment, the upbringing of the children was naturally continue