Kruzenshtern-Perets, Justina Vladimirovna

Justin V. Kruzenshtern-Peterets ( , - , ) - journalist , poet of the Russian emigre . She was the great-granddaughter of an Estland nobleman Karl Fedorovich von Kruzenshtern, the elder brother of the famous admiral I. F. Kruzenshtern (but not I.F. Kruzenshtern himself, as is sometimes mistakenly stated). Father Vladimir Pavlovich (1879-1916) - a regular officer, captain , died at the front of the First World War ^[1] . With a wave of refugees, together with her mother and brother, she ended up in Harbin . Collaborated in the Harbin newspaper "Gun-Bao" and the magazine "Rubezh". She participated in the activities of the association of young writers " Churaevka ", which included, in particular, such writers and poets of the Russian diaspora as Valery Pereleshin , Alexey Achair , Larissa Andersen (in 1946 an anthology of poems by former participants of "Churayevka" - "Ostrov "). She moved to Shanghai at the end of 1930. Feuilletonist and political columnist for the Shanghai Dawn newspaper (1931–1934). Fluent in English, at the same time she worked in the largest local English newspaper “North China Daily News”. In addition to English, she spoke French fluently and was engaged in book translations. Contained a chronically ill mother and brother. Husband - poet Nikolai Peterets . During the Second World War among the "defencists". The Antigone magazine was published at a rampage in the Zhdanov region (“reflecting the free thought of Russians in the Far East” and containing articles on the life of the intelligentsia in the USSR; No. 1 — November 1948). After much trouble, she left for Brazil, in the early 1960s, moved to the USA, worked in the Russian department of the Voice of America radio station (10 years). Has published many articles in the " New Russian Word " and other publications. After retirement, she moved to San Francisco , worked as an editor of the Russian Life newspaper (since 1982).

“Justina Vladimirovna was a colorful figure: a small, gray-haired old woman with a constant cigarette in her mouth, desperately drumming on a typewriter. Her cheerful, and sometimes sarcastic temper was revealed by flashes of loud laughter. She strictly adhered to certain beliefs and did not hesitate to express them. It was a woman with a strong character that did not prevent her, however, to be responsive - she willingly helped any person in need or misfortune. She carried unselfishness, decency, a lively mind, keen observation and intellectual curiosity throughout her life ”(N. Moravsky)