Background
ZHAKOVA, Vera was born on August 19, 1914 in village Nikulino, Simbirsk Province.
ZHAKOVA, Vera was born on August 19, 1914 in village Nikulino, Simbirsk Province.
1918 began to correspond with Gorky, who helped her to become a writer Gorky suggested topics, corrected her manuscripts and helped to get her work published. Wrote on historical themes.
In her latter years, at Gorky's suggestion, wrote a book on the history of Nizniy Novgorod. Most of her writings remain in manuscript, preserved at Gorky Archives in Moscow and Gorky Oblast Archives.