Denikina was born in
Ekaterinodar (Russia). She was the daughter of Russian general
Anton Denikin, leader of the
counter-revolutionary White movement in the
Russian Civil War, and
Xenia Denikina. She left Russia in 1920 and lived in exile in France from 1926. She became a journalist and a producer at the
French Radio and Television (working under the name of
Marina Grey). She wrote several historical books about the
Russian Civil War and her father, General Denikin. In exile she married a French historian
Jean-François Chiappe, getting the title of countess. She met Russian president
Vladimir Putin on several occasions during his visit to France and eventually gave her consent to transfer her father's remains from United States to Russia. President Putin granted her Russian citizenship. She last saw her homeland in October 2005, when the remains of General Denikin were repatriated and buried at the cemetery of
Moscow’s
Donskoy monastery. She died aged 86 at her home at
Versailles on 17 November 2005. == Publications ==