Varvara Nikolaevna Annenkova (; 1795 in Nizhny Novgorod – 1866) was a prominent Russian poet and member of the nobility of Nizhny Novgorod. Her work was influenced by close friend and mentor, poet Mikhail Lermontov.

Selected works

For the Chosen Few 1844

Poems 1854-56

"Wonder-Yonder" 1866

"Charlotte Corday" 1866

Family

Born into the wealthy Annenkov family, daughter of Colonel Nicholas Nikanorovich Annenkov (1764–1839), she was the sister of General Nicholas Annenkov and the poet Ivan Annenkov (1796–1829) and also a cousin of Ivan Annenkov, who was exiled to Siberia for his role in the Decembrist Uprising of 1825.

Varvara Annenkova

Footnotes

1795 births

1866 deaths

Nobility from the Russian Empire

Women poets from the Russian Empire

Varvara

Russian women poets

Women writers from the Russian Empire

19th-century women writers from the Russian Empire

19th-century writers from the Russian Empire

19th-century poets from the Russian Empire

Varvara Annenkova