Lyudmila Ulitskaya
 Lyudmila Evgenyevna Ulitskaya (Russian: Людмила Евгеньевна Улицкая born February 21 1943) is a critically acclaimed modern Russian novelist and short-story writer. She was born in the town of Davlekanovo in Bashkiria and grew up in Moscow where she took a degree in genetics from the Moscow State University.