Akhmatova, Anna Andreevna (real name Gorenko) was born on June 11 (23), 1889, near Odessa in the family of a hereditary nobleman, retired engineer-mechanic of the fleet AA. Gorenko. From the mother I.E. Stogovoy. A. Akhmatova was in a distant relationship with Anna Bunina, the first Russian poetess. Her maternal ancestor Akhmatova considered the legendary Horde Khan Ahmat, on behalf of whom she formed her pseudonym