Konstantin Derzhavin

Konstantin Nikolayevich Derzhavin (Russian: Константин Николаевич Державин, 18 February [O.S.

5 February] 1903 in Batumi – 2 November 1956 in Leningrad) was a Russian Soviet literary and theater critic, translator, and writer.

[1] He wrote the libretto to Aram Khachaturian's ballet Gayane.

His wife was the ballerina Nina Aleksandrovna Anisimova.

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