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Alexander Alexandrovich Blok was the most well-known Russian lyrical poet during the Silver Age of Russian Poetry.
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culture · Russian poet (1880–1921) · poet · translator · playwright · writer · philosopher · opinion journalist · literary critic · also Alexander Blok, Aleksandr Blok, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Blok, Alexander Alexandrovich Blok, Blok
Born 16 November 1880 · Died 7 August 1921 · Q164765
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Leon Trotsky devoted a whole chapter of his book Literature and Revolution to Blok, saying that "Blok belonged to pre-October literature, but he overcame this, and entered into the sphere of October when he wrote The Twe
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Died 1921-08-07.
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Describes 12 Red Guards in the violent chaos of the Russian Civil War, who are likened to the Apostles, while "Ahead of them, Jesus Christ goes
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Married the actress Lyubov (Lyuba) Dmitrievna Mendeleeva, daughter of the renowned chemist Dmitri Mendeleev
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Born 1880-11-16.
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