Marina Denikina
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Marina Antonovna Denikina ' onMouseout='HidePop("95482")' href="/topics/Pen_name">pen name
: Marina Grey) (1919–2005) was a Russian-born French writer and journalist. She was the daughter of Russian general Anton Denikin, leader of the counter-revolutionary White movement
in the civil war
.
Born in Ekaterinodar (Russia
) she lived in exile in France
from 1926. She became a journalist and a producer at the French
Radio
and Television
(working under the name of Marina Grey). She wrote several historical books about the
Russian Civil War
and her father, General Denikin.
In exile she married a French historian Jean-François Chiappe, getting the title of countess. She met Russian president Vladimir Putin
on several occasions during his visit to France and eventually gave her consent to transfer her father's remains from USA to Russia
. President Putin granted her Russian citizenship.
She last saw her homeland in October 2005, when the remains of General Denikin were repatriated and buried at the cemetery of Moscow
’s Donskoy monastery
. She died aged 86 at her home at Versailles
on November 17, 2005.
Pen name
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: Marina Grey) (1919–2005) was a Russian-born French writer and journalist. She was the daughter of Russian general Anton Denikin, leader of the counter-revolutionary White movement
White movement
The White movement and its military arm the White Army - known as the White Guard or the Whites - was a loose confederation of Anti-Communist forces.The movement comprised one of the politico-military Russian forces who fought...
in the civil war
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed to the Soviets, under the domination of the Bolshevik party. Soviet forces first assumed power in Petrograd The Russian Civil War (1917–1923) was a...
.
Born in Ekaterinodar (Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
) she lived in exile in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
from 1926. She became a journalist and a producer at the French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
Radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
and Television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
(working under the name of Marina Grey). She wrote several historical books about the
Russian Civil War
Russian Civil War
The Russian Civil War was a multi-party war that occurred within the former Russian Empire after the Russian provisional government collapsed to the Soviets, under the domination of the Bolshevik party. Soviet forces first assumed power in Petrograd The Russian Civil War (1917–1923) was a...
and her father, General Denikin.
In exile she married a French historian Jean-François Chiappe, getting the title of countess. She met Russian president Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin served as the second President of the Russian Federation and is the current Prime Minister of Russia, as well as chairman of United Russia and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Union of Russia and Belarus. He became acting President on 31 December 1999, when...
on several occasions during his visit to France and eventually gave her consent to transfer her father's remains from USA to Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
. President Putin granted her Russian citizenship.
She last saw her homeland in October 2005, when the remains of General Denikin were repatriated and buried at the cemetery of Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
’s Donskoy monastery
Donskoy Monastery
Donskoy Monastery is a major monastery in Moscow, founded in 1591 in commemoration of Moscow's deliverance from an imminent threat of Khan Kazy-Girey’s invasion...
. She died aged 86 at her home at Versailles
Versailles
Versailles , a city renowned for its château, the Palace of Versailles, was the de facto capital of the kingdom of France for over a century, from 1682 to 1789. It is now a wealthy suburb of Paris and remains an important administrative and judicial centre...
on November 17, 2005.
Books written by Marina Denikina (Grey)
- My Father is General Denikin
- The General Dies at Midnight
- The Investigation of the Murder of the Romanovs.