Margarita Vladimirovna Rokotova writing as Al Altaev (22 November 1872 – 13 February 1959) was a Soviet children's book author.

[1] She received early advice from the poet Yakov Polonsky and she quickly adopted a male sounding name, Al Altaev.

[2] Her writing career started well but she married a forestry worker named Iamshchikov, who burnt her stories intended for magazines.

Revolution was beginning and Rokotova's flat in St. Petersburg was the publishing house of the left wing student newspaper Young Russia.

[2] There is an Al. Altaev Literary and Memorial House and Museum in the Pskov region.