Born Olga Knipper, she was the daughter of Konstantin Knipper, a railway engineer and the niece and namesake of Olga Knipper (Anton Chekhov's wife), both Lutherans of ethnic German descent.
Born Olga Knipper, she was the daughter of Konstantin Knipper, a railway engineer Some sources claim that Konstantin Knipper was a minister-engineer of Russian Empire. See e.g. and the niece and namesake of Olga Knipper (Anton Chekhov's wife), both Lutherans of ethnic German descent.