A. A. AKHMATOVA’S OBSCURE FRIEND

The article presents an obscure friend of A. A. Akhmatova, the addressee of her 1928 poem «If the Moon’s Horror is Splashing…» M. M. Zimmerman, Assistant Administration Director at the former Mariinsky Theatre. A study of his personal file at the Directorate of Academic Theatres (Central State Archive of Literature and Art, St. Petersburg) reveals a number of facts about his life. This article also introduces his note to Akhmatova.

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Russkaya Literatura
Published
2025-01-01
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https://doi.org/10.31860/0131-6095-2025-1-191-204
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Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication
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A. A. AKHMATOVA’S OBSCURE FRIEND

O.E. Rubinchik
Russkaya Literatura
Discourse Analysis and Cultural Communication
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A. A. AKHMATOVA’S OBSCURE FRIEND

O.E. Rubinchik
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Abstract

The article presents an obscure friend of A. A. Akhmatova, the addressee of her 1928 poem «If the Moon’s Horror is Splashing…» M. M. Zimmerman, Assistant Administration Director at the former Mariinsky Theatre. A study of his personal file at the Directorate of Academic Theatres (Central State Archive of Literature and Art, St. Petersburg) reveals a number of facts about his life. This article also introduces his note to Akhmatova.

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