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Such grief might make the mountain stoop, reverse the waters where they flow, but cannot burst these ponderous bolts that block us from the prison ce… - Anna Akhmatova
" "Such grief might make the mountain stoop, reverse the waters where they flow, but cannot burst these ponderous bolts that block us from the prison cells crowded with mortal woe...
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About Anna Akhmatova
Anna Andreevna Gorenko [А́нна Андре́евна Горе́нко] (23 June {11 June O.S.} 1889 - 5 March 1966) was a Russian poet, known primarily by her pen name Anna Akhmatova [А́нна Ахма́това]. Her work was condemned and censored by Soviet authorities and she notably chose not to emigrate, but remained in Russia, acting as witness to the difficulties of living and writing in the shadow of Stalinism.
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Native Name:
Анна Андреевна Ахматова
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А́нна Андре́евна Ахма́това
Alternative Names:
Anna Andreyevna Gorenko
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Anna Achmatova
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Anna Ahmatova
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Anna Gorenko
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Anna Andreevna Gorenko
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Anna Andreevna Akhmatova
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Anna A. Ahmatova
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