Zinaida Reich
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Zinaida Nikolayevna Reich (the last name also spelled Raikh or Raih; Russian: Зинаида Николаевна Райх; 3 July [O.S. 21 June] 1894 – 15 July 1939)[1] was a Russian actress and one of the main stars of the Meyerhold Theatre until it was closed under Joseph Stalin.
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Born | Zinaida Nikolayevna Reich (1894-07-03)3 July 1894 |
Died | 15 July 1939(1939-07-15) (aged 45) |
Cause of death | Murder (Stab Wounds) |
Occupation | Actress |
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Reich married poet Sergey Yesenin and had two children with him. After their divorce, she married the theater director Vsevolod Meyerhold. In 1939 Meyerhold was arrested by the NKVD, and she was brutally stabbed in her apartment by NKVD agents who staged a robbery.[2]