Zinaida Reich

Zinaida Nikolayevna Reich (the last name also spelled Raikh or Raih; Russian: Зинаида Николаевна Райх; 3 July [O.S. 21 June] 1894 – 15 July 1939) was a Russian actress and became one of the main stars of the Meyerhold Theatre until it was closed under Joseph Stalin. Reich married the poet Sergey Yesenin and had two children with him. After their divorce, she married the director Vsevolod Meyerhold. She is believed to have been murdered by the NKVD during the time of Great Purge.

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Zinaida Reich
Birth dateJuly 03, 1894
Birth nameZinaida Nikolayevna Reich
Birth place
Odessa , Russian Empire
Date of deathJuly 15, 1939
Place of death
Moscow , Soviet Union , Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic

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