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Anna Popova

Maternal great-grandmother of the composer (b. ca.1752 in Moscow; d. ca.1823), born Anna Dmitrievna Rykovskaia (Анна Дмитриевна Рыковская, Anna Dmitrievna Rykovskaja, Anna Dmitrievna Rikovskaya); known after her marriage as Anna Dmitrievna Popova (Анна Дмитриевна Попова)

Anna was the only daughter of Dmitrii Rykovskii (1721–1757) and his wife Evfimiia (b. Iosifovich, 1727–?). On 1/12 June 1774 she married Mikhail Ivanovich Popov (1752–1792) at the Church of Saint Sergiev in Saint Petersburg, and they had five children: Varvara (b. 1776); Ekaterina (1778–1816), grandmother of the composer; Nikolai (1779–1869); Maria (b. 1783); and Sergei (1785–1851).