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 The Leningrad Front (russian: Ленинградский фронт) was formed during the 1941 German approach on Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg) by dividing the Northern Front into the Leningrad Front and Karelian Front The Karelian Front ...

, Volkhov Front, and the Karelia Front, as a correspondent for military newspapers. He wrote poetry and a volume of memoirs. He also provided the libretto for Yuri Shaporin's opera ''

The Decembrists ''The Decembrists'' ( Russian: ''Декабристы'') is an unfinished novel by Leo Tolstoy, who finished three chapters. Its hero was to have been a participant in the abortive Decembrist Uprising of 1825, released from Siberian exile afte ...

''.

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1895 births 1977 deaths 20th-century memoirists 20th-century Russian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Russian male writers People from Pushkin, Saint Petersburg People from Tsarskoselsky Uyezd Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the Order of the Red Star Translators to Russian Russian male dramatists and playwrights Russian male poets Russian memoirists Russian military personnel of World War I Russian opera librettists Russian translators Soviet male poets Soviet male writers Soviet translators War correspondents of World War II {{Russia-poet-stub