Vladimir L'vovich Korvin-Piotrovskii, born May 15, 1891, in Kiev - died April 2, 1966) is a Russian poet. His place of birth is sometimes identified as the Ukrainian town of Bila Tserkva, where Korvin-Piotrovskii spent much of his childhood. During World War I, Korvin-Piotrovskii served in the White Army as an artillery officer. After being taken prisoner and barely escaping execution, he crossed through Poland and made his way to Berlin around 1920.