Yulia Vladimirovna Drunina was a Russian

Russian literature

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 poet

Poet

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. Her works are characterised with classical clarity, she often used real life experiences (such as participation in the war) as a source of inspiration for her writings. Her own war experience had a long-lasting and painful impression on her. During the perestroika

Perestroika

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 era, she was elected to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR; during the August Coup, 1991

Soviet coup attempt of 1991

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, she was one of the many intellectuals to take part in defending the White House.

Yulia Drunina committed suicide on November 21, 1991. In her suicide letter she explained the reason for the suicide:"Почему ухожу? По-моему, оставаться в этом ужасном, передравшемся, созданном для дельцов с железными локтями мире такому несовершенному существу, как я, можно, только имея крепкий личный тыл... А я к тому же потеряла два своих главных посоха — ненормальную любовь к Старокрымским лесам и потребность творить... Оно лучше — уйти физически неразрушенной, душевно несостарившейся, по своей воле. Правда, мучает мысль о грехе самоубийства, хотя я, увы, неверующая. Но если Бог есть, он поймет меня..."

A minor planet

Minor planet

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 3804 Drunina

3804 Drunina

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, discovered by Soviet

Soviet Union

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 astronomer Lyudmila Chernykh

Lyudmila Chernykh

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in 1969 is named after her.

Citation

А всё равно

Меня счастливей нету,

Хотя, быть может,

Завтра удавлюсь...

Я никогда

Не налагала вето

На счастье,

На отчаянье,

На грусть.

Я ни на что

Не налагала вето,

Я никогда от боли не кричу.

Пока живу — борюсь.

Меня счастливей нету,

Меня задуть

Не смогут, как свечу.

External links

• Yulia Drunina. Poems
• Yulia Drunina in Moshkov's Library
• http://www.aif.ru/online/longliver/69/21_01 Recollections on Y.Drunina