Died 1852-04-24.
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Vasily Zhukovsky
Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky was the foremost Russian poet of the 1810s and a leading figure in Russian literature in the first half of the 19th century. He held a high position at the Romanov court as tutor to the Grand Duchess Alexandra Feodorovna and later to her son, the future tsar Alexander II.
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culture · Russian poet (1783–1852) · linguist · poet · translator · writer · literary critic · teacher · librettist · also Vasily Zhukovsky, Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky, Vassili Zhukovsky, Zhukovsky
Born 9 February 1783 · Died 24 April 1852 · Q157623
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1841· 1 entry
Zhukovsky retired from court and settled near Düsseldorf, where he married Elisabeth von Reutern, the 18-year-old daughter of Gerhardt Wilhelm von Reutern, an artist friend
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1837· 1 entry
Zhukovsky stepped in as his literary executor, not only rescuing his work from a hostile censorship (including several unpublished masterpieces), but also diligently collecting and preparing it for publication
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1815· 1 entry
Experienced a burst of poetic creativity known as the Dolbino Autumn
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1808· 1 entry
Karamzin asked him to take over the editorship of Vestnik Yevropy
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1783· 1 entry
Born 1783-02-09.
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