Ekaterina Lopatina

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Mikhailovna and the family name is Lopatina.

Ekaterina Lopatina
Native name	Екатерина Михайловна Лопатина

Ekaterina Mikhailovna Lopatina (Russian: Екатерина Михайловна Лопатина; 1865 – 1935) was a Russian writer. Her works were signed with the pen name Katerina Eltsova (rus. Катерина Ельцова). She was a close friend of Russian writer and poet Ivan Bunin.

Early life

Ekaterina Lopatina was born into a noble Russian family. Her father, Mikhail Nikolaevich Lopatin (1823-1900), was a notable Moscow lawyer. Her mother, Ekaterina Lvovna Lopatina (1827-1910), was a sister of a prominent Russian mathematician, Pafnutiy Lvovich Chebyshev (1821-1894).

She had four brothers. Nikolay was a well-known Russian folklorist. Leo became a philosophy professor at Moscow University. Alexander also studied law and was a successful author. Vladimir became a member of the troupe in the Moscow Art Theatre after completing his military service.

Works

• "Recollections about S. A. Yurjev"; in Russian thought, 1891 (rus. «Воспоминания о С. А. Юрьеве»; журнал «Русская мысль», 1891)
• "In alien nest" (under pen name Katerina Eltsova); New time, 1896-1897 (rus. «В чужом гнезде» (под псевдонимом «Катерина Ельцова»), журнал «Новое время», 1896–1897)

External links

• "Ekaterina Lopatina papers". Archives Hub.