Varvara Vasilievna Golitsyna (née von Engelhardt; 1757–1815), was a Russian Empire lady-in-waiting and noble.

She was the niece and lover of Grigory Potyomkin, and the favored lady-in-waiting of Catherine the Great.

She was the daughter of Vasily von Engelhardt and his spouse Yelena Marfa Potemkina, and thus the niece of Grigory Potyomkin.

They were initially uneducated and ignorant, but was soon given a sophisticated polish and made to be the most favored women at the Russian court; they were treated almost as if they were a part of the Imperial family, and were to be known as : "almost Grand Duchesses" and as the "jewels" and ornaments of the Russian court.

[1] Her relationship with Potemkin took place in 1777-1779 and ended after her marriage to prince Sergey Golitsyn in 1779.