Alexandra Andreevna Voeikova (née Protasova; August 20, 1795[1] - February 16, 1829) was the niece and goddaughter of Vasily Zhukovsky, addressee of his ballad "Svetlana", and muse of the poet Nikolay Yazykov.

Alexandra Andreevna Protasova was born into the family of the landowner Andrei Ivanovich Protasov and his wife Ekaterina Afanasyevna, née Bunina.

Her father rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel; after his resignation he became the provincial leader of the Tula Oblast, while her mother devoted herself to raising her daughters.

Vasily read, wrote poetry and translated a lot, and gave language lessons to the young Alexandra and her older sister Maria (1793-1823).

In 1810, after the construction of a house in Muratov (Oryol Governorate) was completed, the Protasovs moved there; Zhukovsky settled in the neighboring village of Kholkh.

Seeing the lovely 18-year-old Alexandra whom Vigel compared with Sylphide and Undine,[5] the writer (he was already thirty-five by this time), wooed her.

Long in love with Maria Protasova, the poet hoped for Voeikov's help in receiving blessings from the girls' mother.

Ekaterina Afanasyevna wrote to her relative Avdotya Kireevskaya in 1816:[2]"You know my true affection for Voeikov, you saw my treatment of him, my tender solicitude to hide his shortcomings in front of others, I definitely thought of him as a son, as you are of Vanichka.

"Nikolai Grech noted in his memoirs:[6]"He owed his entire existence to his incomparable wife, beautiful, intelligent, educated and kind Alexandra Andreevna, who was his martyr, who became a victim of this vile monster.

"In 1817, Maria Protasova married a professor at the University of Dorpat named Johann Moyer and moved with her mother to her husband's house.

[7] On the recommendation of Zhukovsky, Grech agreed to co-edit Voeikov in the journal "Son of the Fatherland", entrusting him with the department of criticism and review of magazines.

Voeikov also got a job as a teacher of Russian literature and class inspector at the St. Petersburg artillery school.

He ordered a cross with a crucifix and a slab of white marble with the same words from the Gospel of John (XIV, 1–4) “Let your heart not be confused; believe in God and believe in Me”, as was at the grave of her sister Maria in Dorpat.