Anna Davidovna Abamelik-Lazareva

Russian-Armenian translator
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Quick Facts

IntroRussian-Armenian translator
PlacesRussia
wasTranslator
Gender
Female
Birth15 April 1814, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Death25 November 1889Saint Petersburg, Russia (aged 75 years)
Family
Father:David Semyonovich Abamelik
The details

Biography

Anna Davidovna Abamelik-Lazareva (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 recognized as one of the most beautiful women of Russia of her times.

She was the daughter of David Semyonovich Abamelik. She was a friend and translator of Alexander Pushkin.

Abamelik-Lazareva married to the governor of Kazan, Irakli Baratinsky, the brother of Russian poet Yevgeny Baratynsky. She knew English, French, Armenian and German, translated poems by Pushkin, Mikhail Lermontov, etc. and published them in Europe, also translated some prominent European poets into Russian.

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