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Born December 12, 1766 • Mikhaylovka • Russia
Died June 3, 1826 (aged 59) • St. Petersburg • Russia
Notable Works “Istoriya gosudarstva rossiyskogo” • “Letters of a Russian Traveler” • “Poor Liza”
Subjects Of Study history of Russia

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Karamzin, portrait by V.A. Tropinin, 1815; in the State Literature Museum, Moscow
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