Vsevolod Rozhdestvensky


Vsevolod Alexandrovich Rozhdestvensky was a Russian/Soviet poet.
Rozhdestvensky served for four years as a war correspondent during World War II. He served on the Leningrad 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.