The publication is the selection of the poems by the forgotten Siberian poetess Anna
Konstantinovna Fefelova, who is under the pseudonym N. Arkadina or Nina Arkadina was published
in the 1910–1920s in the newspapers and magazines “Voice of the Urals” (Chelyabinsk),
“Siberian Dawn” (Barnaul), “Siberian Life” (Tomsk), “Siberian Student” (Tomsk), “Unity” (Petropavlovsk),
“Our Dawn” (Omsk), “Krasnoyarsk Worker”. The selection was made for the publications
stored in the archives and libraries of Siberia, and includes about 40 texts of various subjects.
The foreword provides a brief reference about Fefelova’s biography, the poetess’ biography
has not been studied in more detail yet, but research in this direction is being conducted in the
Krasnoyarsk Regional Local History Museum. Arkadina’s landscape, meditation and populist
lyrics collected here continue the traditions of Nekrasov and Russian classics of the 19th century.
Zdobnov N. V. Materialy dlya sibirskogo slovarya pisateley (Predvaritel’nyy spisok poetov,
belletristov, dramaturgov i kritikov) [Materials for the Siberian Dictionary of Writers (Preliminary
List of Poets, Fiction Writers, Playwrights and Critics)]. Moscow, Mospoligraf Publ., 1927,
62 p. (in Russ.)
Petryayev E. D. Psevdonimy literatorov-sibiryakov (Materialy k Istorii russkoy literatury
Sibiri) [Aliases of Siberian writers (Materials for the History of Russian literature of Siberia)].
Novosibirsk, Nauka, 1973, 74 p. (in Russ.)
Podberezkina L. Z. Yazyk stolbistov [Columnist language]. In: Yazyk i lichnost’ [Language
and Personality]. Moscow, Nauka, 1989, p. 86–96. (in Russ.)
The Poems of the 1910–1920s
(The Publication on the Materials of the Siberian Press) // Сюжетология и сюжетография. 2019. № 1. Pp. 172–198. DOI: 10.25205/2410-7883-2019-1-172-198.