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Writer, critic, philosopher. Born at the Russian naval fortress of Sveaborg outside Helsinki (1811) in the family of naval physician Grigory Belynsky (1784–1835). Lived on Gryaznaya (now Marat) Stree...
Poet. Born in Vologda (1787) in the family of Nikolai Batyushkov (1753–1817). Studied at private boarding-schools on Vasilyevsky Island in St Petersburg (from 1797). Worked for the Ministry of Nation...
Poet. Born in the family of Lieutenant General Abram Baratynsky (1767–1810) in the village of Mara in Tambov Province (1800). Joined the Corps des Pages in St Petersburg (1812). Expelled for theft. P...
Poet, writer, playwright, critic, translator. Born in the town of Kronstadt on Kotlin Island (1886) in the family of naval physician Stepan Gumilyov (1836–1920) and Anna Lvova (1854–1942). Lived in S...