The fate of the talented poetess Elizaveta Ivanovna Dmitrieva resembles an exciting literary novel with a tragic ending. Her life path began in St. Petersburg, where she was born on April 12, 1887. Elizaveta came from a family of a modest physician-nobleman, who passed away early, unable to secure a future for his daughter. From childhood, she suffered from a leg ailment and was unable to walk for a long time. It was only at the age of 16 that she managed to overcome the illness, but she remained crippled for life. Despite the difficulties, Dmitrieva received an excellent education, graduating from the Vasileostrovskaya Gymnasium with a gold medal and the Imperial Women's Pedagogical Institute.

Elizaveta Ivanovna achieved success solely due to her talent and strong character. She was one of the most educated girls of her time and even studied at the famous Sorbonne. In 1907, Dmitrieva met Nikolai Gumilev for the first time, and in 1909, a romance began between them. Together they visited Voloshin in Koktebel, where many famous Russian writers gathered. Inspired by love and the beauty of nature, Dmitrieva invented her famous pseudonym 'Cherubina de Gabriak.' This trip marked a new stage in her creativity, but she did not dare to marry Gumilev, and their paths diverged. Soon a scandal erupted when it became known that Cherubina de Gabriak was Dmitrieva's pseudonym.

After the arrival of Soviet power, already married, Elizaveta Ivanovna Vasilieva, along with her husband, was subjected to repression and exile twice. The last time she was exiled from Petrograd in 1927. She did not manage to serve her full term of exile and soon passed away in Tashkent, where she was supposed to live. Dmitrieva was only 41 years old, and the cause of her early death was liver cancer.