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Anna Akhmatova

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The Resume

    (June 23, 1889-March 5, 1966)
    Born near Odessa, Ukraine
    Birth name was Anna Andreevna Gorenko
    Wrote the poetry collections 'Evening (1912),' 'Rosary (1914),' 'White Flock (1917),' 'Plantain (1921),' 'Anno Domini MCMXXI (1922)' and 'Reed (1924)'
    Best known for the poems 'Requiem' and 'Poem Without a Hero'
    Member of the Acmeist movement

Why she might be annoying:

    She had to publish under a pseudonym because her father didn't want a 'decadent poetess' to shame the family.
    She had an affair with a painter while on honeymoon with her husband.
    She and her first husband cheated on each other numerous times.
    Boris Pasternak proposed to her numerous times even though he was already married.
    She was dependant on her friends for support because her ration card was taken away by the government.
    She wrote poems that praised Josef Stalin and the Soviet government to try and win official favor.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She used simple, everyday language in her poems to appeal to more people.
    Two of her husbands and many of her friends and family were executed, exiled or arrested by the Soviets.
    She gave a radio speech during the siege of Leningrad, encouraging the local women to be courageous.
    During World Wars I and II, she read her poetry to wounded soldiers to help boost morale.
    She was unable to publish much of her work because of a government ban on her poems.
    Many of her poems were dedicated to the people who suffered under Stalinism.
    She did not leave Russia during the World Wars, Revolution, or Stalinist purges, and was deeply loved and respected by the Russian people because of it.

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 5 Votes: 20.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 96 Votes: 55.21% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 46 Votes: 63.04% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 93 Votes: 52.69% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 76.92% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 9 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 35.29% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 53 Votes: 71.70% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 37 Votes: 43.24% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 28 Votes: 46.43% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 56 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 68 Votes: 66.18% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 104 Votes: 52.88% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 128 Votes: 58.59% Annoying