The text of the review provides a brief description and analysis of separate chapters of the monograph by L.V. Zavyalova “Maria Fedorovna. Wife, mother, empress”. This monograph contains detailed and logically corrected biography of Empress Maria Fedorovna, wife of Emperor Paul I and mother of two Russian reigns: Alexander I and Nicholas I. Maria Fedorovna's charitable work received extensive coverage; the author analysis of her character and actions. We would particularly like to note the author's work with sources; attracting a wide range of memoir literature to create an attractive image of this historical figure.