In Loving Memory of

Anna Komarova

Anna Komarova

Anna Komarova died on 10th October 2022. Interpreter, scholar, teacher, friend. For her lifelong work with Russian Sign Language and the friendship and support of the Russian and International Deaf communities she is already greatly missed by all those who knew her.

Book Owner: Bencie Woll & Christian Rathmann
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Helga Stevens

Dearest Anna, The message of your death came as quite a shock to me. We had sent messages to each other on WhatsApp. Especially during the weeks & months after Russia invaded Ukraine, that was a channel for you to share thoughts and vent your frustration, anger and fear.  I was so relieved that …

Lorna Allsop

I am saddened to know of Anna’s passing. I first saw Anna in 1988 when she visited CDS,University of Bristol. After we met, I worked with her and also stayed at her Mother’s flat few times in Moscow. I remembered Anna as an enthusiasm and lovely warm personality. Sadly, I did not have a …

Velia Cardin

My condolences to Anna’s family and friends. I had the pleasure to work with her and Tatiana Davidenko in Moscow, and I was immensely moved by their warmth and commitment. This is a great loss for many around the world, but we will always remember her in her great work and the impact she …

Sabine Fries & Jens Hessmann

In November 2009, Anna and her colleague and friend Tatiana Davidenko gave a presentation at Berlin’s Humboldt University, reporting on sign language research in Russia and the Russian Deaf community. They were to take a plane back to Moscow the next day, but it became apparent that no provisions had been made as to …

Michael Pursglove

Before I met Anna in 1989 I had never met a Deaf person. Her enthusiam for RSL, her skill at using it, her hospitality were infectious. I wii miss her greatly and retain endless memories of her …

Johanna Mesch

Condolences to Anna’s family. I remember meeting Galina Zaitseva for the first time back in 1983 at the conference in Rome. Then I met her again many years later when Anna came up. Galina Zaitseva suggested that I should move to Moscow and contribute to the work with Anna. I once had Anna as …

Marinella Salami

Anna was a kind and gentle soul. Her soft skills and qualities, her big Russian heart made her such an exquisite person. She always had time for you: for a kind word, for showing understanding, for sharing her knowledge and her experience. Some recent, tragic events were grey clouds for her joie de vivre. …

Arnfinn Muruvik Vonen

I would like to share my condolences at the passing of Anna Komarova. I, and several colleagues from Norway, had the fortune to meet Anna a number of times up through the last 25 years or so. The first few times, we met together with her dear teacher and colleague Galina Zaitseva and her …

Linda Day

I was really shocked and saddened by Anna’s passing. It was a privilege to have known her at Bristol University and to have met her at events around the world. She was the kindest person you could ever hope to meet and always had a calm nature to her. Thank you Anna, for all …

Gitta Svetlov Palecek

Thanks for a good teamwork and nice memories during the WFD congress in Vienna 1995. Rest in peace 🙏 …