Over the last hundred years, Russian emigration has seen several generations. Some left their homeland due to a real threat to their lives, while others left later in search of a better fate. The first group includes the famous Russian poetess Larisa Nikolaevna Andersen, born on February 25, 1911, into the family of an officer of the Russian Imperial Army. Her hometown became Khabarovsk, and her birth surname was Anderson. In emigration, she changed it to the more euphonious Andersen.

After the defeat of the White movement, Larisa's father, Nikolai Mikhailovich Anderson, first moved to Vladivostok and then to Harbin, which became the center of Russian emigration in the Far East. Larisa, who was 11 at the time, had to study abroad. She successfully graduated from a Harbin school and was already actively engaged in creativity at that time. In those years, Harbin was Russian-speaking and attracted the best representatives of the creative elite of Russian emigration. It was there that Larisa Nikolaevna first published her poems in the magazine 'Rubizh', marking the beginning of her career.

Her first collection of poems, already under the changed surname, was published in Shanghai, where she moved in the early 1930s. Many Russian emigrants also lived in this city, and her poetry resonated with readers. In 1956, Larisa Andersen married an employee of a French shipping company, which significantly influenced her further life. Due to frequent travels, she gradually distanced herself from her previous lifestyle. In 1971, she settled in her husband's homeland, but poetry no longer occupied a central place in her life.

Larisa Andersen published only three collections of poems, but her work was highly regarded by such figures as the Harbin king of Russian poetry Arseny Nesmelov, her admirer Alexander Vertinsky, and other outstanding representatives of the Russian intelligentsia. In addition to poetry, Larisa was passionate about dancing and achieved significant success in this area. She lived to be 101 years old and passed away on March 29, 2012.