1875, Chernigov — 1952, Leningrad

Painter, teacher; portraitist, landscapist, author of interiors and retrospective works. Wife of artist Dmitry Kardovsky. Studied at Yegor Schreider’s studio in Kharkov (1891–1894) and under Ilya Repin at the Higher School of Art, the Imperial Academy of Arts (1894–1899). Contributed to exhibitions (from 1896). Taught at her own studio in Tsarskoe Selo (1903–1908) and the Higher Art and Technical Studios in Petrograd (1921).