Akhmatova, Anna b. June 23, 1889 d. March 5, 1966 Poet. She is considered by many to be the greatest woman poet in Russian Literature. Born Anna Gorenko into an upper-class family in Odessa, Ukraine, she spent most of her life in Saint Petersburg, the city with which she is most closely identified. Precocious in her studies, she excelled in languages and began writing verse at age 11. She took the pseudonym Akhmatova after her father told her not to shame the family name by becoming "a decadent poetess." In 1910 she married poet [Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards) Komarovo Cemetery, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russian Federation
Efremov, Ivan Antipovich b. April 22, 1908 d. October 5, 1972 Author, Scientist. Born in Vyritsa, Russia, he studied in St. Petersburg and earned a navigator diploma from a nautical school. In 1924, he became the senior sailor of a vessel on the Pacific Ocean in the town of Vladivostok, Russia. He returned to St. Petersburg and entered Leningrad State University where he began doing paleontology work. The hard work forced him to drop out so he joined the Leningrad College of Mines. He graduated in 1935 with a Ph.D degree. In 1940 he published an article...[Read More] (Bio by: Heather from VA) Komarovo Cemetery, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russian Federation
Krassovska, Vera b. August 19, 1915 d. August 15, 1999 Author. Studied at the Leningrad Choreographic School with Vaganova and graduated into the Kirov Ballet in 1933. She left in 1941 and published her first press article that same year and became a faculty member of the Leningrad Theatre Institute in 1951. Her many writings include detailed histories of Russian and Western ballet and critical biographies including: 'C. Chabukiani' in 1956, 'Nijinsky' in 1974 and 'Agrippina Iakovlevna Vaganova' in 1986. (Bio by: Medora) Komarovo Cemetery, Saint Petersburg, Saint Petersburg Federal City, Russian Federation
b. June 23, 1889 d. March 5, 1966
