Ekaterina Fedorovna Tyutcheva (1835–1882) was a maid of honour of Empress Maria Alexandrovna,[1] writer, and third daughter of the poet Fyodor Tyutchev from his first marriage to Eleanor Peterson.

In 1845, together with her sisters, they moved to their father in Saint Petersburg and continued her education at the Smolny Institute of Noble Maidens.

She was a girl of remarkable intelligence and education, she had a pleasant appearance, lively black eyes; with a firm mind, she was of a restrained character, but did not possess that feminine grace that serves as an attractive force for men.

"In 1857, the young Leo Tolstoy was fascinated by her, writing in his diary: “Tyutcheva begins to calmly like me ...

She spent her last years in the Varvarino estate she bought, where she organized a public school, wrote textbooks for peasant children, and in 1882 built a veterinary clinic and donated 10 thousand rubles for its maintenance.