Anna. Taina Doma Romanovykh - Ul'iana Ess

So began almost all the most dramatic, the most insane stories about love. Russian autocrat Pavel I at the ball drew attention to the daughter of Moscow senator Anna Lopukhina... And the whole world for him suddenly transformed. Where did the imperial imperturbability, restraint and composure go? Inadmissible feelings gushed like a tsunami, washing away in a hazy distance endless worries and anxieties about the fate of Russia. In a flash, the once ardent interest in Nelidova's favorite cooled. In the heart of the sovereign now was only she, a young, divine creature, and she remained there until the terrible death of Paul I. To this day, with the paintings of the artists who painted portraits of Lopukhina, looks at us a charming young woman with big dark eyes, who as if they say, "I was born for a quiet family life, but, alas, it turned out very differently..."