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The Essay

Ten Artists that Shook the World

Episode 7: 7 Akhmatova and Tsvetaeva

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Poet and biographer Elaine Feinstein compares the impact of the Russian Revolution on the contrasting lives of the two great poets, Anna Akhmatova and Marina Tsvetaeva. Show more

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.