She became famous for her profound and emotional poems which she wrote at an early age.

Turbina's talent set her apart from her classmates in school, where she was learning ahead of her grade.

She studied the piano and her favorite subject was mathematics, which she saw as akin to verses.

[3] At the age of 10, Turbina published her first book, First Draft, with an introduction by Yevgeny Yevtushenko in 1984.

[4][5] Turbina was the subject of the movie Nika, a biographical film by director Vasilisa Kuzmina starring Elizaveta Yankovskaya which had its world premiere at the 2022 South by Southwest festival.