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# Nabokov's paternal grandmother Maria Ferdinandovna was born Baroness von Korff
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/okazyvaetsia-babushka-nabokova-po-ottsovskoi-linii-mariia-ferdinandovna-byla-urozhdennoi-baronessoi-fon-korf/
- Published: 2018-07-26T14:33:33.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:57:49.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Aristocracy, Books, Observations, Humour

It turns out that Nabokov's paternal grandmother, Maria Ferdinandovna, was born a Baroness von Korff. I wonder whether she was related to Baron Korf from "Poor Nastya"? What an amusing turn of events that would be