Evgeniya Petrovna Maykova (née Gusyatnikova, 29 December 1803 – 1 July 1880)[1] was a Russian writer and poet.

Evgeniya Petrovna Gusyatnikova was born on 29 December 1803 into a large family of a merchant–gold miner Peter Gusyatnikov from his second marriage.

Having lost her father early, she was raised by her mother, a Lutheran of Prussian origin, Natalya Ivanovna.

"A slender beautiful brunette, with an oblong aristocratic face", young Gusyatnikova was a wealthy bride.

The couple lived either in Moscow in the house of the Gusyatnikovs, or in the suburbs, in the Maykov Estate in the village of Nikolsky near the Trinity–Sergius Lavra.