Anna Akhmatova Akhmatova in 1922 (portrait by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin) Born Anna Andreevna Gorenko 23 June [O.S. 11 June] 1889 Odessa, Russian Empire (now Odesa, Ukraine) Died 5 March 1966(1966-03-05) (aged 76) Moscow, Soviet Union (now Moscow, Russia) Occupation Poet, translator, memoirist Nationality Russian/Soviet Literary movement Acmeism Spouse Nikolay Gumilev (1910-1918; divorced) Vladimir Shilejko (1918-1926; divorced) Partner Nikolai Punin (died in labour camp) Children Lev Gumilev