Anna Davidovna Abamelik-Lazareva

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Anna Davidovna Abamelik-Lazareva
Աննա Դավթի Աբամելիք-Լազարյան
A.D. Abamelik-Lazareva by A.Brullov (1835-8, N.Novgorod).jpg
Born(1814-04-15)April 15, 1814
DiedNovember 25, 1889(1889-11-25) (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 recognized as one of the most beautiful women of Russia of her times. [1]

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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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