Ilinskagia was born in
Moscow and studied classical literature at
Lomonosov Moscow University specializing in
modern Greek and
Russian literature. She worked as a researcher at the Institute of Slavic and Balkan Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences. In 1971 she defended her thesis entitled "Contribution to the study of post-war poetry in Greece". Ilinskagia was a Honorary Professor of the
University of Ioannina. Her most emblematic achievement of this period was the publication of the entire poetic work of
Cavafy in Russian in 2009, based on the Greek edition of 2003. Ilinskaya was honoured by the Greek State with the Orders of Commander of the
Orders of Honor (2007) and
Phoenix (2018). She was married to writer . Ilinskagia died in January 2024. == References ==