Background
Rozhdestvenskii, Robert was born on June 20, 1932 in the village of Kosikha, Altai Krai. Son of an officer.
Rozhdestvenskii, Robert was born on June 20, 1932 in the village of Kosikha, Altai Krai. Son of an officer.
Graduated from the Moscow Gorkii Literary Institute, 1956.
Grew up in orphanages (possibly lost his parents during the war). Began writing at the end of the 1940s. First poetry published, 1950.
Became famous in the early 1960s.