This day in Russian history and the History of the world.

January 6

January 6, 1805: Mariya Volkonskaya was born. Volkonskaya was the youngest daughter of Russian General Nikolay Raevsky and Sophia Konstantinov, granddaughter of Mikhail Lomonosov.

In 1825 Maria married the future Decembrist count Sergey Volkonsky. When Volkonsky was arrested and exiled to Siberia, she followed him into exile on the condition that her children born after her departure to Siberia would be forever struck from the noble estate and become bonded laborers; the threat, however, was not put into practice.

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