copyright on Akhmatova's poetry

[Taya Kitaysky]

Hello all,

I'm having a hard time understanding Russian copyright laws as they apply in
America. I know that, strangely enough, Russian works fall into the American
public domain more quickly than into the Russian public domain. Following
article 4.28 in the 15th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style, (I believe)
I legally published two translations of Akhmatova's poems from her 1918
collection, *Evening*. But the CMS wasn't very specific about works
post-1918, and I am unsure about the legality of publishing translations of
her later poems.

I would love to hear any insights into these laws.

Thank you!
Taya Kitaysky
University of Alaska, Fairbanks

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