Vsevolod Rozhdestvensky
Vsevolod Aleksandrovich Rozhdestvensky (Russian: Все́волод Алекса́ндрович Рожде́ственский; 10 April 1895, Tsarskoye Selo – 31 August 1977, Leningrad) was a Russian and Soviet poet, journalist and war correspondent.
Rozhdestvensky served for four years as a war correspondent during World War II. He served on the Leningrad Front, Volkhov Front, and the Karelia Front, as a correspondent for military newspapers. He wrote poetry and a volume of memoirs.[1] He also provided the libretto for Yuri Shaporin's opera The Decembrists.
References
- ^ Salisbury, Harrison (2003). The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad. Da Capo Press. p. 175. ISBN 0306812983. Retrieved June 6, 2012.
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