1. Robert Rozhdestvensky was born in the village of Kosikha in West Siberian Krai.
23 Facts About Robert Rozhdestvensky
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Robert Rozhdestvensky's father, Stanislav Nikodimovich Petkevich, was a Polish man employed by the OGPU, NKVD until drafted in 1941.
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Robert Rozhdestvensky died in battle in Latvia on February 22,1945.
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Robert Rozhdestvensky was buried near the village of Mashen in the Temerovo district of the Latvian SSR, Robert Rozhdestvensky was later reburied in a mass grave in the village of Slampe in the Tukums Municipality.
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Robert Rozhdestvensky's grandmother died in April 1943, Robert Rozhdestvensky's mother returned briefly to register her sister in the apartment.
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Robert Rozhdestvensky continued to live there with his aunt and cousin until 1944.
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Robert Rozhdestvensky's mother attempted to bring him with her to become a "Son of the Regiment" a child living in the army.
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Robert Rozhdestvensky's new husband was an officer named Ivan Ivanovich Rozhdestvensky.
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Robert Rozhdestvensky changed his name and patronymic to that of his new stepfather.
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Robert Rozhdestvensky's parents took him to Konigsberg, where they were both serving at the time.
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In 1950, the first adult publication of Robert Rozhdestvensky's poems appeared in the magazine At the Frontier.
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Robert Rozhdestvensky attempted to enter the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in the same year but wasn't accepted.
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Robert Rozhdestvensky spent the following year studying at the historical and philological departments at Petrozavodsk State University.
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Robert Rozhdestvensky became a member of the Union of Soviet Writers during this time.
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In 1955, while practicing in Altai, Robert Rozhdestvensky met with a student at the conservatory, Alexander Flyarkovsky, with whom he created his first song - "Your Window".
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Robert Rozhdestvensky worked there, translating the poems of local poets into Russian.
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In 1966, Robert Rozhdestvensky was the first to receive the Golden Wreath from the Struga Poetry Evenings.
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Robert Rozhdestvensky appeared at the Cannes Film Festival as a member of the jury.
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Robert Rozhdestvensky first appeared at the festival in 1968, he returned in 1973 and supported La Grande Bouffe and its director Marco Ferreri, his final visit was in 1979 where he persuaded Francoise Sagan to give the prize to Andrei Konchalovsky's Siberiade.
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Robert Rozhdestvensky became a member of Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1977.
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Robert Rozhdestvensky took a direct role in the rehabilitation of Mandelstam.
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In early 1990, Robert Rozhdestvensky was diagnosed with a brain tumor.
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Robert Rozhdestvensky died of a heart attack on 19 August 1994 in Peredelkino.