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Also Known As	Anna Andreevna Akhmatova • Anna Andreyevna Gorenko
Born	June 23, 1889 • Russian Empire
Died	March 5, 1966 (aged 76) • Soviet Union
Notable Works	“Chyotki” • “Poema bez geroya”
Movement / Style	Acmeists
Notable Family Members	spouse Nikolay Stepanovich Gumilyov

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Aleksandr Pushkin

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Russian author

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Lermontov, Mikhail

Mikhail Lermontov

Russian writer

Vladimir Nabokov

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American author

Pasternak

Boris Leonidovich Pasternak

Russian author

Lomonosov, Mikhail

Mikhail Lomonosov

Russian author and scientist

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Ivan Bunin

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Soviet poet

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