Derzhavin, Gavriil Romanovich
b. 1743 – d. 1816 · 2 books
Biography
Gavriil (Gavrila) Romanovich Derzhavin (Russian: Гаврии́л (Гаври́ла) Рома́нович Держа́вин) was one of the most highly esteemed Russian poets before Alexander Pushkin, as well as a statesman.
