Vera Alekseevna Smirnova-Rakitina studied at book graphics courses, studied painting for several years. It began to be printed in 1933. In 1955, her book "The Tale of Avicenna" was published - a doctor, scientist, philosopher. The great encyclopedist of the East, Abu-Ali Ibn-Sina (Latinisir. - Avicenna) was born a thousand years ago, in 980, and lived for less than 60 years, but his memory lives to this day.