Olga Aksakova was born on December 26, 1848 (January 7, 1849 New Style) in Simbirsk to the family of the first governor of Ufa Grigory Sergeevich Aksakov and Sophia Alexandrovna Aksakova, in her maidenhood bearing the name of the old noble family of Shishkovs.
Olga Grigorievna spent her adolescence and youth in Ufa in her father’s house, where she was given an excellent home education. She often took part in charity evenings organized by her mother in Ufa. In 1890, she inherited the lands near the village of Nadezhdino and founded a koumissotherapy clinic there, which in a short time became one of the most famous of its kind in the Bashkir region. The products were supplied to the clinic from a small but well organized domestic farm.
The clinic was open for visitors from May 15 to August 16. During that period, Olga lived close to the clinic and would often visit the local Dmitrievsky church. Knowing that the “Mistress”, as she was frequently called by the locals, would arrive, many sick people, cripples, and beggars gathered there, who were then generously welcomed by Olga. She was also known for her fair and kind attitude towards peasants and her support to them during especially bad harvest years. It is not by chance that she was widely beloved in the entire Belebeevsky county, and the good memory of her was kept almost to this day.
For many years Olga was also the keeper of the most extensive archive of the Aksakov family. She independently prepared for publication and released the diary of her aunt Vera Sergeevna Aksakova - a remarkable document of the mid-19th century. She later donated most of the family archive to the Academy of Sciences. Olga Aksakova died in the harsh year of 1921, in the former estate of her mother, located in the Yazykovo village, in Samara province.
It is known that Olga Grigorievna was the favorite granddaughter of the writer Sergey Timofeevich Aksakov. The “Childhood Years of Bagrov”s Grandson” and “The Little Scarlet Flower” were in fact dedicated to her by her famous grandfather. There is a dedication on the title pages of these works: “To my granddaughter, Olga Grigorievna Aksakova”. On December 21, 1854, Sergey Timofeevich also wrote the poem “To Six-year-old Olya”, where he promised her an unusual gift.
Olga Grigorievna spent her adolescence and youth in Ufa in her father’s house, where she was given an excellent home education. She often took part in charity evenings organized by her mother in Ufa. In 1890, she inherited the lands near the village of Nadezhdino and founded a koumissotherapy clinic there, which in a short time became one of the most famous of its kind in the Bashkir region. The products were supplied to the clinic from a small but well organized domestic farm.
The clinic was open for visitors from May 15 to August 16. During that period, Olga lived close to the clinic and would often visit the local Dmitrievsky church. Knowing that the “Mistress”, as she was frequently called by the locals, would arrive, many sick people, cripples, and beggars gathered there, who were then generously welcomed by Olga. She was also known for her fair and kind attitude towards peasants and her support to them during especially bad harvest years. It is not by chance that she was widely beloved in the entire Belebeevsky county, and the good memory of her was kept almost to this day.
For many years Olga was also the keeper of the most extensive archive of the Aksakov family. She independently prepared for publication and released the diary of her aunt Vera Sergeevna Aksakova - a remarkable document of the mid-19th century. She later donated most of the family archive to the Academy of Sciences. Olga Aksakova died in the harsh year of 1921, in the former estate of her mother, located in the Yazykovo village, in Samara province.
It is known that Olga Grigorievna was the favorite granddaughter of the writer Sergey Timofeevich Aksakov. The “Childhood Years of Bagrov”s Grandson” and “The Little Scarlet Flower” were in fact dedicated to her by her famous grandfather. There is a dedication on the title pages of these works: “To my granddaughter, Olga Grigorievna Aksakova”. On December 21, 1854, Sergey Timofeevich also wrote the poem “To Six-year-old Olya”, where he promised her an unusual gift.
