Anna Davidovna Abamelik-Lazareva
Anna Davidovna Abamelik-Lazareva Աննա Դավթի Աբամելիք-Լազարյան | |
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| Born | April 15, 1814 |
| Died | November 25, 1889 (aged 75) Saint-Petersburg |
| Nationality | Armenian |
| Occupation(s) | translator, public figure |
| Spouse | Irakli Baratinsky |
| Father | David Semyonovich Abamelik |
| Awards | Order of Saint Catherine |
Anna Davidovna Abamelik-Lazareva (or Lazarian) (Armenian: Աննա Դավթի Աբամելիք-Լազարևա (Լազարյան)) (Baratinskaya, April 15, 1814 in Saint-Petersburg - November 25, 1889 in Saint-Petersburg) was a Russian-Armenian translator, lady-in-waiting, socialite and public figure.
She was the daughter of David Semyonovich Abamelik. She married Irakli Baratinsky, who was the governor of Kazan and the brother of Russian poet Yevgeny Baratynsky.
Abamelik-Lazareva was a friend and translator of Alexander Pushkin. She knew English, French, Armenian and German. She translated poems by Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov, and others, and published them in Europe; she also translated some prominent European poets into Russian.
In her time, she was regarded as one of the most beautiful women in Russia.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Е. Скворцова Живые картины Анны Абамелек, СПб, Митра-Глосса, 2009, с. 2
Sources
[edit]- Armenian Concise Encyclopedia, Ed. by acad. K. Khudaverdian, Yerevan, 1990, Vol. 1, p. 8
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