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Elena Rzhevskaya

Elena Rzhevskaya (1919–2017) was a Soviet writer, translator and interpreter.

Also recorded as Elena Moiseevna Rzhevskaya

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Biography

Recorded at birth as Елена Моисеевна Каган.

Also worked under the name Елена Моисеевна Ржевская.

Born at Gomel in 1919, died in Moscow in 2017.

Elena Rzhevskaya studied at Maxim Gorky Literature Institute, Moscow Institute of Philosophy, Literature, and History and Lomonosov Moscow State University. The recorded working language is Russian and German.

The field of work recorded is World War II.

Distinctions recorded are Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Order of the Red Star, Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class and Medal "For Battle Merit".

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  • Gomel

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