It provides information about one of the leaders of the Southern society – Vasily Lvovich Davydov. <...> A poet, a brave officer of the Russian army, a participant of the Patriotic war of 1812, awarded by numerous awards for courage, he became an active republican who was jealously defending the ideas of freedom, equality and brotherhood. <...> Davydov spent 13 years on penal service in Siberia, and from 1839 to 1855 he had been living with his family on the settlement in Krasnoyarsk, where he passed away. <...> His love to Aleksandra Ivanovna Potapova – the Decembrist’ wife, became the best part of his destiny. <...> Their unique marriage became the source of admiration for the contemporaries and still continues to inspire our contemporaries by the manifestation of female self-sacrifice, fidelity and true love. <...> Keywords: Decembrist’s revolt, poet, brave officer, republican, link, settlement in Krasnoyarsk, female fidelity and dedication. <...> Research area: culture studies. 2015 timed to 190 anniversary of the uprising in Senate Square. <...> After its suppression and trial, more than 120 outstanding sons of Russia were sent to hard labor in Siberia. <...> Vasily Lvovich Davydov – a brave officer, the holder of the order, a participant of the legendary Battle of Borodino and the adjutant of Prince Pyotr Bagration was among them. “In the Siberian desert / There rises an abandoned hill / Covered with withered grass, / Not framed with stones . / Many words of the epitaph / Were almost erased . / “Here lies . the victim … of tyranny . / The husband and the father . forever . / Shackles. exile . his whole life . / Love . <...> Created in 1827-28 at hard labor in Chita ostrog, it became truly prophetic. “Love . <...> Fatherland and freedom” – in this exact order, in accordance to the degree of their importance for the author, the priorities were highlighted in the poem. <...> Vasily Lvovich Davydov was a descendant of the ancient and glorious names of Davydov, Raevsky and Potemkin that descendants did a lot for the glory of Russia. <...> Having received an excellent education, Vasily developed a lot of talents: he was a poet, the author of lively poetic improvisations and epigrams, a witty conversationalist, an active Republican, a bold Elena V. Prygun. “Love … Fatherland and Freedom!” and fearless officer in the Russian Army, awarded for bravery during the War of 1812 by the Orders of St. Anne and St. <...>