Charming Poltava women in the fate of Alexander Pushkin

1813 Alexander Pushkin wrote in „the program of autobiography”: „Countess Kochubey. Death of Malinovskyi”. This record is dealt with Victor Pavlovych Kochubey's daughter, one of the nearest associates of Alexander I. The duke Kochubey built a new palace in Dykan'ka, and  1820 the Triumphal Arch in honour of arrival of tsar Alexander I. The latter gladdens the eye of visitors even today. Natalia grew up in Dykan'ka.                                     

Все миновалось!
Мимо промчалось
Время любви.
Страсти мученья!
В мраке забвенья
Скрылися вы.
Так я измены
Сладость вкусил;
Гордой Елены
Цепи забыл.

Natalia was the first expression of Pushkin’s love, an early affection of the young poet. Getting acquainted and meetings of Pushkin and N. Kochubey belong to the early years of his study in the lyceum (by that time, she lived with her parents in Tsarskoye Selo). Most probably, their romance was only school enamourment, taking into account how old the soul mate and his young admirer were. The poet glorified Natalia Kochubey under the name of the Fine Helen. It’s quite obviously, not momentary "seasonal" feeling but history of a long ("poetic" chronology covers two years at least) struggle against passion to "proud Helen" is represented in the poem. Betrayals are recognized as fruitless medicines against love, and the persona feels doomed to loneliness. Perhaps his feeling was also inspired by the fact some other lyceum students fell in love with Natalia Kochubey, for example Ivan Pushchin. But the poetic chronology hardly corresponds to actual one and lyceum students Pushkin’s affections change each other rather often or even coexist sometimes. 1820 N. Kochubey got married with count O. Stroganov by order of her father. The meetings between her and the poet became rare. Later, Pushkin made use of Natalia Kochubey’s character to depict Tatyana in his poem “Eugene Onegin”. 
 
Она была нетороплива,
Не холодна, не говорлива.
Без взора наглого для всех,
Без притязаний на успех.
 
Pushkin met Natalia in Karamzin’s house in the last years of his life. After death of the poet, the princess Kochubey passionately defended Pushkin from the evil tongues.
                                                                                                                                                                       
 Another Poltava woman in Pushkin’s life was Anna Petrovna Kern. Anna’s childhood was spent in Lubny. On  the father’s demand, she gets married with the 52-years-old general Kern when she is seventeen. Soon Anna left her husband and 1819 went to St. Petersburg. This was where she met young Pushkin. In summer 1825 Anna Petrovna came to her aunt in Trygorske to be able to see the poet oftener. Pushkin experienced his strong affection to Kern, he expressed his feelings to her in the poetry:
 
Я помню чудное мгновенье:
Передо мной явилась ты,
Как мимолетное виденье,
Как гений чистой красоты!..

                                                        According to material http://welcome-to-poltava.com.ua