Lidia Korneevna Chukovskaya (1907-1996), Russian Soviet poet, prose writer, critic. Born March 24 (April 7) 1907 in St. Petersburg in the family of the writer K. I. Chukovsky. In the upbringing of Chukovskaya, the creative atmosphere of the parental home in St. Petersburg and in the summer cottage village of Kuokkala (now Repino), a wide circle of father's acquaintances, which included many prominent cultural and art figures, played an important role. Subsequently, Chukovskaya spoke about this in the memoirs of "Memory of Childhood" (1983).