Zinaida Gippius
 Zinaida Nikolaevna Gippius (Russian: Зинаи́да Никола́евна Ги́ппиус IPA: [zʲɪnɐˈidə nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvnə ˈɡʲipʲɪus] ; November 20 1869 – September 9 1945) was a Russian poet playwright editor short story writer and religious thinker who has been credited as a co-founder of Russian symbolism and seen as one of the most enigmatic and intelligent women of her time in Russia. She was married to philosopher Dmitriy Sergeyevich Merezhkovsky.