Lilya Yuryevna Brik (alternatively spelled Lili or Lily; Russian: ???? ??????? ????; November 11 [O.S.
October 30] 1891 – August 4, 1978) was a Russian sometime writer and socialite, connected to many leading figures in the Russian avant-garde between 1914 and 1930.
She was known as the beloved (muse) of Vladimir Mayakovsky.
Lilya Brik was married for a long time to the poet, editor and literary critic Osip Brik (1888–1945), and she was the older sister of the French-Russian writer Elsa Triolet (1896–1970).
Pablo Neruda called Lilya "muse of Russian avant-garde".
Her name was frequently abbreviated by her contemporaries as "?.?." or "?.?.?." which are the first letters of the Russian word "??????" lyubov, "love".