A Non-Fictional War is Oleksandra Basko’s gripping, present saga of her family’s personal journey through the strife and uncertainty of the Russo-Ukrainian War and Putin’s full-scale invasion of her country adapted in dramatic form by Artistic Director Natasha O. Ramer.  Moscow Nights’ Artistic Director, Natasha O. Ramer discovered Oleksandra’s real-time biography online and sought to bring the universal experiences of her life in a war-torn country to the greater world by adapting her memoirs into a dramatic production.

Akhmatova was one of most significant Russian poets of the 20^th century and is often referred to as the “Soul of the Silver Age.” She began writing poetry at age 11 and became a national figure while still in her teens.  She witnessed two major revolutions and survived two world wars.  She had a difficult and tragic personal life:  her first husband was executed, another died in the Stalin’s Gulag and her son, who was arrested three times, spent fourteen years in concentration camps.