"--И сердцу девы нет закона"

The huge archival material collected by Valeria became the basis of her new book "...And the heart of a maiden has no law", published in 2010 by the publishing house "Northern Star" (St. Petersburg) with the financial support of the Russkiy Mir Foundation . Deep, serious work. If you try to describe it in one word, it’s an encyclopedia of Estonian Pushkin literature. This is a completely new layer of Pushkin studies. Almost unknown before. Not just a fascinating read for those interested in Pushkin and his era. And an indispensable guide for Pushkin scholars. The title of the book implies a lyrical interpretation of the image of Euphrosyne Ulrika on the documentary foundation of a “detective” investigation. Subtitle “German relatives of N.N. Goncharova" allows us to reveal another side of the book's narrative - identifying the connections of Natalia Nikolaevna Goncharova's family with the family of Livonian landowners Lipharts, as well as the genealogical intertwining of the latter with other most influential families of the Estonian and Livonian nobility (Knorrings, Krudeners, Levis of Menards, Livens, Posse, Palens , Sievers, Tizenhausens, Stackelbergs, Fikelmons, Fitingofs).