Nikolai Alekseevich Raevsky (1894–1988) is a famous Russian Soviet writer, the author of a number of bright and interesting books about Pushkin and his time. The work published in this volume tells about one of the close women of the great poet, the granddaughter of Field Marshal M. I. Kutuzov – Daria Fedorovna (Dolly) Fikelmon. With her brilliant mind and education, European culture and extraordinary beauty, she literally won Pushkin’s heart. It is their relationship that most of the pages of this book are devoted to.