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Баронесса М.П. Фредерикс и ее воспоминания
The article is cover the reconstruction of the biography of the lady-in-waiting of the imperial court, Baroness Maria Petrovna Fredericks (1832-1903), as well as a review of her memoir legacy, which has so far been published only partially. The court activities of Baroness M.P. Fredericks are characterized, her decisive role in the creation of the Society for the Care of Wounded and Sick Soldiers (renamed the Russian Red Cross Society in 1879) together with M.S. Sabinina. This article clarifies the dates when Baroness Fredericks and Sabinina left the Court, and describes their activities in the field of charity and charity. The memoirs of Baroness Fredericks were written from December 14, 1883 to March 1897 and cover the period from the second half of the 1830s to 1894. An analysis of Baroness Fredericks' correspondence with Princess A.V. Golitsyna and the editor of the Historical Bulletin magazine, S.N. Shubinsky, allowed us to see the changes in the author's intention during the publication of part of the memoirs and to understand the reasons for which this publication has not been completed. The unpublished part of the memoirs is an important source for studying the daily life of the Court not only of the Nicholas era, but also of the era of Great Reforms, opens the "Crimean pages" of the biography of Baroness Fredericks, and also provides new material on the history of charity and communities of sisters of mercy in the Russian Empire.