Kazakova was born in
Sevastopol, Soviet Union. She graduated from the history department of
Leningrad State University. She worked as a lecturer in
Khabarovsk. Her first rhymes were reminiscent of
Yevtushenko,
Okudzhava,
Voznesensky and
Rozhdestvensky and were first published in
1955. Her first poetry collection, ''Let's Meet in the East'' (), was published in
1958. From 1959 until her death, she was a member of the
Union of Soviet Writers. She also held the position of First Secretary of the
Moscow Union of Writers. In October 1993, she signed the
Letter of Forty-Two. She died at age 76 at a medical
sanatorium in Yudino village of
Moscow Oblast, Russia, on 19 May 2008. She was buried on 22 May 2008 at
Vagankovo Cemetery in Moscow. == Notable works ==