Olga Nicolaevna Vysotskaya

Olga Nicolaevna Vysiotskaya was born in the family of Nikolai Grigorievich Vysotsky, a history teacher at the Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
Being close to the theatrical circles of Moscow and St. Petersburg, she took part in performances staged by N. N. Evreinov , V. E. Meyerhold , participated in the performances of "The House of Interludes", " Ancient Theater ", V. Meyerhold's studio (including in the Terioki theater), etc. She was a regular visitor to poetic evenings in the basement-cabaret of B. Pronin " Stray Dog ". There, on January 13, 1912, during the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the literary activity of K. D. Balmont , she met N. S. Gumilyov. A short romance between them had consequences: on October 26, 1913, Olga Nikolaevna's son Orest was born.

According to some reports, the poet himself never found out about the existence of a son from Olga Nikolaevna. In 1914, Olga Nikolaevna left Moscow with her son for Pyatigorsk , then to her own estate in the Kursk province.

In 1930, O. N. Vysotskaya's house was taken away, because of which she was forced to go to her brother in Vyazniki , Vladimir Region. In 1960 she moved to Tiraspol , where she died in 1966.

Ольга Николаевна Высотская — литературный и театральный деятель, актриса театра Мейерхольда, подруга поэта Николая Гумилёва, мать их общего сына Ореста.