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Notes on Anna Akhmatova 1938–1939 read by Margarita Ivanova. #akhmatova #chukovskaya #audiobook #okperspective The book by Lidiya Chukovskaya (1907–1996) about Anna Akhmatova is a diary from 1938–1941, compiled from the living traces of events. Signs of Akhmatova’s everyday life, her circle of friends, personality traits, and literary interests clearly emerge. The entries are kept during the terrible years of the Great Terror and after. Lidiya Chukovskaya’s husband is executed, and Anna Akhmatova’s son is in prison awaiting sentencing and receiving a term. It was during these years that Akhmatova created Requiem; work began on Poem Without a Hero. I was struck by her hands: young, tender, with a tiny hand, like Anna Karenina’s. — I’m thinking: should I hang the pictures on the wall or not? — On September 19, I left Nikolai Nikolaevich. We had lived together for sixteen years. But I didn't even notice against this background. — One good thing: I am so ill that I will probably die soon. — Knyazev died. Svyatopolk-Mirsky is collecting crusts. — The woman in line behind me burst into tears when she heard my last name.