Nikolay Punin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nikolay Punin

Russian art historian

Date of Birth: 16-Nov-1888

Place of Birth: Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland

Date of Death: 21-Aug-1953

Profession: art historian, journalist

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Nikolay Nikolayevich Punin (Russian: ??????´? ??????´???? ??´???; November 28 [O.S.
December 11] 1888 – August 21, 1953) was a Russian art scholar and writer.
He edited several magazines, such as Izobrazitelnoye Iskusstvo among others, and was also co-founder of the Department of Iconography in the State Russian Museum.
Punin was a lifelong friend and common-law husband of poet Anna Akhmatova who is famous for writing the poem Requiem.