Rimma Petrovna Aldonina (; born March 7, 1928, in

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) is a Russian architect and children's poet.

Biography

Aldonina was born in Moscow to a working family. Her father was Pyotr Fadeyevich Aldonin (1894–1944), who worked as an accountant before

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. In 1941, he became the

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and was mobilized into the working army, dying in December 1944 in

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. Her mother was Mariya Ivanovna Aldonina (1902–1994), a nurse.

Career

Aldonina is an Honorable architect of the Russian Federation, a Member of the Soviet Architects Organization and a Member of the Soviet Writers Organization. She has mostly known for her design of the Elbrus Movie theater (1969) and the reconstruction project of the

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House of Culture (1966-1976). She is a participant, soloist, and member of the Collective of Satire Writers ensemble Moscow architects "Kohinor and Reishinka," head of "Reishinski." For her activeness in this, she received a medal and the Irina Arkhipova Foundation prize. She is one of the writers for the Central Theater of Dolls "Govorit i Pokazivaet GCTK" and "Novosele".

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* 1928 births Living people Russian women architects 20th-century Russian architects Russian children's writers Russian women children's writers 20th-century Russian women writers Writers from Moscow Russian women poets 20th-century Russian poets {{Russia-poet-stub