Background
Shchapova, Elena was born in 1950 in Moscow.
Shchapova, Elena was born in 1950 in Moscow.
Worked as a model for the Moscow fashion house Dom Modelei on Kuznetskii Most. One of the top fashion models and cover girls in the USSR. Married the poet Eduard Limonov. Left the USSR, 1975. Settled in the USA. Created a sensation as the first Russian model to pose in the nude for photographic publications.
Began writing poems, some of which appeared in Russian emigre magazines. Divorced Limo
nov, and married the Italian Count de Carli. Lives in Italy.
