Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov

Nikolay Semyonovich Tikhonov (born Nov. 22 [Dec. 4, New Style], 1896, St. Petersburg, Russia—died Feb. 8, 1979, Moscow) was a Soviet poet and prose writer, notable for his heroic war ballads and for his originality and poetic experimentation. Tikhonov was born into a middle-class family and received a rather poor formal education. He fought in a hussar regiment during World War I, later joining the Red Army and participating in the Russian Revolution of 1917...