Yevgeny Abramovich Baratynsky

Russian poet

Also known as: Yevgeny Abramovich Boratynsky

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Yevgeny Abramovich Baratynsky (born February 19 [March 2, New Style], 1800, Mara, Russia—died June 29 [July 11], 1844, Naples, Kingdom of Naples [Italy]) was a foremost Russian philosophical poet contemporary with Aleksandr Pushkin. In his poetry, he combined an elegant, precise style with spiritual melancholy in dealing with abstract idealistic concepts. Of noble parentage, Baratynsky was expelled from the imperial corps of pages, entered the army, was commissioned, and retired in 1826. He married and...