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Vasily Zhukovsky
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Russian poet (1783-1852)
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Vasily Zhukovsky was a Russian poet, translator, writer, and linguist born in 1783 and active from 1797 until 1852. A member of the Romanticism movement, he wrote in Russian and produced works including *Tales* and *Tale of the Armament of Igor*. He was a citizen of the Russian Empire and served in allegiance to it.
Zhukovsky was affiliated with the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning, and the Arzamas Society. He received several honors, including the Order of the White Eagle, the Order of the Iron Crown, the Order of the Red Eagle, and the Civil Order of Saxony. He died in Baden-Baden in 1852 and was buried in Tikhvin Cemetery.
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- Works
- 2
Top works
- Tales
- Tale of the Armament of Igor
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Vasily
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of death
- Baden-Baden
- Child
- Paul von Joukovski
- Occupation
- literary critic
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Field of work
- literary criticism
- Genre
- poetry
- Movement
- Romanticism
- Image
- Zhukovsky 1815.jpg
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- Vasily Zhukovsky
- date of birth
- 1783-01-29
- date of death
- 1852-04-12
- topic's main category
- Category:Vasily Zhukovsky
- member of
- Arzamas Society
- start of work period
- 1797-00-00
- place of burial
- Tikhvin Cemetery
- allegiance
- Russian Empire
- end of work period
- 1852-00-00
- writing language
- Russian
- name in native language
- Василий Андреевич Жуковский
- ethnic group
- Russians
- civil rank
- Privy Councillor
- Commons Creator page
- Vasily Zhukovsky
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Encyclopedic overview
Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky (Russian: Василий Андреевич Жуковский; 9 February [O.S. 29 January] 1783 – 24 April [O.S. 12 April] 1852) 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.
Zhukovsky is credited with introducing the Romantic movement into Russia. The main body of his literary output consists of free translations covering an impressively wide range of poets, from ancients like Ferdowsi and Homer to his contemporaries Goethe, Schiller, Byron, and others. Many of his translations have become classics of Russian literature, regarded by some to be better written and more enduring in Russian than in their original languages.
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