Turning to the biography of the great Russian writer Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, it has become customary to name the famous singer Pauline Viardot as the subject of his long-term passion, at some time love and, in any case, long-term affection. These complex relationships really existed, brought bright moments, but much more often difficult, hopeless ones, which did not allow one to escape from the vicious circle, as the writer himself said, of lack of freedom. Meanwhile, there were bursts of other feelings in his life, hopes for creating a family, finding a loved one and a devoted being, selfless, understanding all emotional movements, a wife-friend. Three women passed through his days at different times, allowing the writer to create images of the heroines of his works - Turgenev's girls, Turgenev's women, unique in purity, nobility and devotion.