Nina Arkina (1891–1980) was a Russian-born Norwegian writer.

She was born in Odessa, but lived in Norway. She issued biographical novels about Catherine the Great (1949), Alexander I of Russia (two volumes in 1950 and 1951), Nicholas I of Russia and Alexander Pushkin (1954), Alexander II of Russia (1956), Alexander III of Russia and Nicholas II of Russia (1963), Sonya Kovalevsky (1967), Karl Marx (1968) and Vladimir Lenin (1972).[1]

She was married to editor and politician Victor Mogens.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Nina Arkina". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 16 February 2010.


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