Nina Christesen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nina Christesen

Russian-Australian academic

Date of Birth: 23-Dec-1911

Place of Birth: Saint Petersburg

Date of Death: 08-Aug-2001

Profession: university teacher

Nationality: Australia

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Nina Mikhailovna Christesen AM (née Maximoff) pioneered the study of Russian in Australia and founded the Department of Russian Language and Literature at the University of Melbourne in 1946.