Lyudmila Vasilyeva
Lyudmila Nikolayevna Vasilyeva () was a Chuvash poet (March 15, 1930 – June 11, 1949). Born to a family of Hvetut Mikulajĕ (aka Atnakăl Mikulajĕ), a teacher in the Chuvash village of Tarhanka, Tatarstan. Life The father Hvetut Mikulajĕ, appointed the head of the collective farm was poisoned by the local doctor in revenge for being fired. The mother, Antun Kĕterni was an illiterate peasant. The widowed young woman also lost two of her daughters - besides Lyudmila, the elder daughter also died young at the age of 24 of flu. Lyudmila started attending Tarhanka Elementary School in 1938. In 1942, having graduated four grades of the elementary school she had to work at the collective farm because the family was poor. In 1945 she was at once accepted to the sixth grade of seven-grade school, which she completed brilliantly. Lyudmila then attended accountancy classes in Agricultural School of Chistaj. But after year she gave it up and went to the Teachers Training College in the town of Aksu. The girl was indulged in sports. She was good at skiing, won local competitions. Once after a skiing competition she being thirsty drank water right from ice-hole. That resulted in a