Personal life of Dmitri Mendeleev

The first wife
The first marriage of Dmitry Ivanovich wasn`t really happy. On April 29, 1862 he married Theosebia Nikitichna Leshcheva. After two children were born : son Volodya and daughter Olga. Mendeleev loved his children, but the relationship with his wife evolved cold. As a result, she gave him freedom,. if he will keep an official marriage.

At 43, Dmitri Ivanovich fell in love with 19-year-old Anna Pavlova. These relations are in the early stages were very difficult. His father was opposed and requested Mendeleev leave his daughter alone. As a result, Anyuta sent abroad, Dmitry Ivanovich ran after her. Divorce in those years was a very difficult process.