Nikolay Nikolayevich Punin (Russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Пу́нин; November 28 [O.S. December 11] 1888 – August 21, 1953) was a Russian art scholar and writer. He edited several magazines, such as Izobrazitelnoye Iskusstvo among others, and was also co-founder of the Department of Iconography in the State Russian Museum. Punin was a lifelong friend and common-law husband of poet Anna Akhmatova who is famous for writing the poem Requiem.
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Nikolay Nikolayevich Punin 11 December 1888 Helsingfors, Grand Duchy of Finland
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Died |
21 August 1953 (aged 64) Gulag, Vorkuta, Soviet Union
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Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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