Shapiro, Nadia L. (Nadia Lavrova), 1897-1989.

  1. Shapiro, Nadia L. (Nadia Lavrova), 1897-1989.
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Russian-American writer and journalist.

From the description of Nadia L. Shapiro papers, 1910-1984. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123379193

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1897 October 20 Born, Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia 1914 May High school diploma, Irkutsk, Siberia, Russia 1915 1916 Elementary school teacher certificate, one-year pedagogical course in Blagoveschensk, Siberia, Russia 1916 1917 Studied at the Moscow Women's College, Russia 1917 1918 Teacher of English language, Blagoveschensk Polytechnical School, Siberia, Russia 1918 Fled with her family from the Bolsheviks to Harbin, Manchuria, China 1918 1920 Interpreter and feature writer for the newspaper Novosti zhizni, Harbin, Manchuria, China 1920 1921 Performed literary work and studied Japanese, Yokohama, Japan 1921 Foreign Editor, Zaria newspaper, Harbin, Manchuria, China 1922 August Arrived in the United States under the sponsorship of the Harbin Y.M.C.A. 1923 May 29 B.A., University of California, Berkeley (after Russian diplomas were validated) 1923 1932 Feature writer and Book and Art page editor for the San Francisco Examiner 1928 February 6 Acquired U.S. citizenship 1932 1942 Free-lanced, contributing to the Christian Science Monitor and various West Coast publications, under byline "Nadia Lavrova" 1936 1937 Play reader and research writer/editor for the Federal Theatre in San Francisco, Work Projects Administration 1937 1942 Legal research editor, Historical Records Survey of Northern California, Work Projects Administration 1942 1945 Translator and examiner, U.S. Office of Censorship 1945 Writer, U.S. Office of War Information 1945 May 1945 June Member, Russian section, Interpreters and Translators Bureau of the International Secretariat at the United Nations Conference on International Organization, San Francisco 1946 1953 Foreign broadcast monitor, U.S. Central Intelligence Agency 1989 Died From the guide to the Nadia L. Shapiro papers, 1910-1984, (Hoover Institution Archives)

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Alekseevskii, Aleksandr Nikolaevich


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Blagoveshchensk (Amurska´i`a oblast', Russia)


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Parti´i`a so´t`sialistov-revol´i`u´t`sionerov


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Siberia (Russia)


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United States. Office of War Information


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Varneck, Elena, 1891-1976


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World War, 1939-1945


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World War, 1939-1945


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World War, 1939-1945


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