News at Eleven: The matriarch was enamored of [Alexander] Pushkin,

and he was pleasantly spoiled during his visits to their house. But the poet's attentions were directed to [Praskovya] Osipova's niece, Anna Petrovna Kern, who visited Trigorskoye in the summer of 1825. Pushkin had met Kern previously in St. Petersburg, and this unexpected reacquaintance stimulated his desire. He wrote for her one of his most passionate love lyrics: "I remember the miraculous moment." When Osipova got wind of this romance, she spirited Kern back to her husband in Riga.

from Russia Beyond the Headlines: Pushkin Hills: The great poet's country retreat

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