Biography

Maria Ivanovna Vishnyakova had at first been a devotee of Rasputin, but later was disillusioned by him. The empress refused to believe Vishnyakova "and said that everything Rasputin does is holy". Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna was told that Vishnyakova's claim had been immediately investigated, but "they caught the young woman in bed with a Cossack of the Imperial Guard.".

Maria Ivanova Vishnyakova was the mother of Andrei Tarkovsky and Marina Tarkovskaya.

Mariya Ivanovna Vishnyakova entered the Imperial Family household as a senior nanny to the Imperial Children.In 1905 she was appointed as the Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich Romanov of Russia's nanny and held that position until 1913.She was dismissed when she became involved in a scandal involving Grigorij Efimovich Rasputin. "AL".