Olga Perovskaya

Olga Vasilievna Perovskaya (; 9 April 1902 – 1961) was a Soviet children's literature writer. Her most notable work Rebyata i Zveryata (Kids and Cubs) was published in 1925. It is a series of stories about the various pets she and her sisters (Sonya, Yulia and Natasha) kept during their childhood. She was arrested on 15 March 1943 and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment in labour camps during the Great Purge. Her sentence was later modified to one of exile. During 1940–50, her books were not published. She was rehabilitated toward the end of the fifties. Rebyata i Zveryata has been translated into a number of languages including English, Malayalam and Tamil. In English, it has been published under two different titles Kids and Cubs and The Wolf in Olga's Kitchen.

Publications Rebi︠a︡ta i zveri︠a︡ta : rasskazy, 1929 Menschen- und Tierkinder, 1933 Marmotka, 1939 Tygřík Vaska, 1958 Tigrënok vasʹka, 1959 Kids and cubs, 1966 The wolf in Olga's kitchen, 1969 Storie di animali, Ed. Progress Mosca 1972 Mały tiger Waska powědančce, 1984 Rebi︠a︡ta i zveri︠a︡ta : povesti o zhivotnykh, 1993