The Volkonskys would remain in Siberia for more than thirty years. They were only allowed to return to European Russia after the death of Nicholas I, having received a pardon from his son, Alexander II. Maria's courage, and that of the other Decembrist wives, was romanticized by Nekrasov in the poem "Russian Women". Raevsky died at Boltyshka four years after the Decembrist Revolt, a broken and embittered man, of pneumonia contracted while travelling to petition the Emperor for leniency on his daughter's behalf. As he lay dying, he is said to have looked at a portrait of his daughter Maria and whispered: "That is the most remarkable woman I have ever known in my life." Memory Since 2014, the FSUE Rosmorport Azovo-Chernomorsky Basin Branch has been operating a tugboat named in honor of the brave hero of the Patriotic War of 1812 – «General Rayevsky», as an intangible heritage that preserves the historical memory of the people. In December 2022 the Nikolay Raevsky street in Kyiv, Ukraine was renamed to Pavlo Zahrebelnyi street. Notes External links Article in the Dictionary of Russian Generals References Sutherland, Christine. The Princess of Siberia: The Story of Maria Volkonsky, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1983 Russian nobility Imperial Russian Army generals Russian commanders of the Napoleonic Wars Members of the State Council (Russian Empire) Russian people of the Polish–Russian War of 1792 1771 births 1829 deaths Military personnel from Saint Petersburg Recipients of the Order of St. George of the Second Degree Knights Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresa People of the Russo-Persian Wars