The most celebrated of all the Russian Poets of the present century. For an article on his "Poltava" and some other productions, see For. Quarterly, vol. ix. Metropolitan of Kiev. An exceedingly industrious writer in history and other departments, author of two works on Russian Literary Biography,-one of Theological, the other of Secular authors.

Poetry. His Fables and Tales in verse rank very high. Romantic Tales, "Amalet Bek," &c. See Foreign Quarterly, vol. xvi.

Sculptor, statues of Kutusov and Barclay de Tolly, &c.

Ranks high as an Elegiac Poet. Poetry.

Landscape Painter.

1837, Dec. 4

1793

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1837, March 15

Venevitinov, Dmitrii Vla

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Moscow, 1805, Sept. 14

Shishkov (Admiral) Alex.

Semenovitch .

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Topography and Fine Arts.
Didactic and Descriptive Poetry;
Satires, Epistles, &c.
lated all Virgil's works.
Criticism, Philosophy, &c.

Rector of the Moscow University. Archæology, Criticism, &c. Edited the "Væstnik Europei" (European Herald).