 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kar akaroorwa naMambokadzi Maria Sergeyevna Khovanskaya 1756-1833, uye pamwe chete vaiva nevana vana: Ekaterina, Anna, Aleksey, naSergei akafa muna 1869. Pashure porufu rwomurume wake akaenda kumusha wemamongi muKaluga. Vanakomana vake vose vari vaviri vakapinda muchiuto ndokurwa neNapoleons Invasion muna 1812. Aleksey aizorasikirwa nerutsoka paBerezina paaitungamirira batiri rezvombo, uye Sergei aizova mukuru wemauto anotasva mabhiza akashongedzwa mumakwikwi anotevera. 