Who was Akhmatova's common-law husband who died in the Gulag?
Nikolay Punin
Sergey Obolensky
Ivan Bunin
Maxim Gorky
Answer
Nikolay Punin, Akhmatova's common-law husband, tragically died during his confinement in the Gulag, a notorious Soviet forced labor camp system characterized by harsh conditions and political repression. Punin, an esteemed art historian and critic, fell victim to the oppressive political climate prevalent in the Soviet Union.
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