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THE REVERSE INSCRIBED IN RUSSIAN AND FRENCH 'ALEXANDRA CHERNISHOVA WIFE OF MOURAVIOFF DIED OF TUBERCULOSIS IN SIBERIA'
ALEKSANDRA GRIGORIEVNA MURAVIEVA (1804-1832), WAS THE WIFE OF THE DECEMBRIST NIKITA MIKHAELOVICH MURAVIEV, ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE FAILED UPRISING ORGANIZED BY RUSSIAN ARISTOCRATS IN DECEMBER 1825. TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER LEADERS, MURAVIEV SPENT ONE YEAR IMPRISONED IN THE ST.PETER-AND-PAUL FORTRESS AND WAS THEN SENT TO SIBERIA. ALEKSANDRA GRIGORIEVNA LEFT HER THREE CHILDREN IN ST. PETERSBURG AND FOLLOWED HER HUSBAND. SHE DIED IN SIBERIA SIX YEARS LATER, OF TUBERCULOSIS, AT THE AGE OF 28.
THIS PORTRAIT SHOWS ALEKSANDRA GRIGORIEVNA DURING HER EXILE IN SIBERIA. ANOTHER PORTRAIT OF THE SITTER, EXECUTED IN 1825 BY P.F.SOKOLOV, IS NOW IN THE HERMITAGE.
ALEKSANDRA GRIGORIEVNA MURAVIEVA (1804-1832), WAS THE WIFE OF THE DECEMBRIST NIKITA MIKHAELOVICH MURAVIEV, ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE FAILED UPRISING ORGANIZED BY RUSSIAN ARISTOCRATS IN DECEMBER 1825. TOGETHER WITH THE OTHER LEADERS, MURAVIEV SPENT ONE YEAR IMPRISONED IN THE ST.PETER-AND-PAUL FORTRESS AND WAS THEN SENT TO SIBERIA. ALEKSANDRA GRIGORIEVNA LEFT HER THREE CHILDREN IN ST. PETERSBURG AND FOLLOWED HER HUSBAND. SHE DIED IN SIBERIA SIX YEARS LATER, OF TUBERCULOSIS, AT THE AGE OF 28.
THIS PORTRAIT SHOWS ALEKSANDRA GRIGORIEVNA DURING HER EXILE IN SIBERIA. ANOTHER PORTRAIT OF THE SITTER, EXECUTED IN 1825 BY P.F.SOKOLOV, IS NOW IN THE HERMITAGE.