Ekaterina Alekseevna Andreeva-Balmont (1867–1950), the wife of the famous Russian poet K. D. Balmont, a noble and charming woman, had a lively and observant mind and undoubted literary talent. This makes her memoirs an invaluable source on the history of Russian culture and everyday life. XIX - early XX centuries - a subject of fascinating reading for a wide range of readers. “Memoirs” of E. A. Andreeva-Balmont, as well as K. D. Balmont’s poems and letters to her, published in the appendix, are published for the first time. The book is illustrated with photographs from the family archive of A. G. Andreeva-Balmont.