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Raisa Akhmatova
Raisa Akhmatova
Born	December 13, 1928
Died	1992
Occupation	Poet

Raisa Soltamuradovna Akhmatova (Chechen: Раиса Солтамурадовна Ахматова) (December 13, 1928-1992) is an internationally-recognized Chechen poetess. Raisa's poems have been especially popular among ethnic Chechens and Ingush worldwide, although her entire archive (containing over 600 files) was destroyed when Russian forces burned the Chechen National Archives during the First Chechen War.^[1]

[edit] Bibliography

• Хвоме республика (Республика родная) (1957)
• Бей мне, ветер, в лицо (1959)
• Иду к тебе (1960)
• Трудная любовь (1963)
• Откровение (1964).

[edit] References

1. ^ The Chechens. Amjad Jaimoukha, 2005. - ISBN: 978-0-415-32328-4

[edit] External links

• Chechnya Free.ru Article on Raisa Akhmatova
• Mirslov Encyclopedia Article Entry
• KavkazChat Thread on Raisa Akhmatova