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Also known as Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky, Vassili Zhukovsky

Russian poet (1783-1852)

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Vasily Zhukovsky was a male Russian poet, writer, translator, and linguist associated with the Romanticism movement. He was a citizen of the Russian Empire and wrote in Russian. His literary career spanned from 1797 until his death in 1852. Zhukovsky was a member of 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 (Kingdom of Italy), the Order of the Red Eagle, and the Civil Order of Saxony. Among his works are *Tales* and *Tale of the Armament of Igor*. Zhukovsky died in Baden-Baden and was buried in the Tikhvin Cemetery. He was the father of Alexandra Zhukovskaya and Paul von Joukovski.

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Person · Open Library

Works
2

Top works

  • Tales
  • Tale of the Armament of Igor

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
Russia
Active from
1783
Active to
1852

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Listeners
1
Total plays
1

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Quotes

  • Когда я был любим, в восторгах, в наслажденье, Как сон пленительный, вся жизнь моя текла.
  • Отчизне кубок сей, друзья! Страна, где мы впервые Вкусили сладость бытия, Поля, холмы родные, Родного неба милый свет, Знакомые потоки, Златые игры первых лет И первых лет уроки, Что вашу прелесть заменит? О родина святая, Какое сердце не дрожит, Тебя благословляя?
  • Раз в крещенский вечерок &nbsp;&nbsp; Девушки гадали: За ворота башмачок, &nbsp;&nbsp; Сняв с ноги, бросали; Снег пололи; под окном &nbsp;&nbsp; Слушали; кормили Счетным курицу зерном; &nbsp;&nbsp; Ярый воск топили; В чашу с чистою водой Клали перстень золотой, &nbsp;&nbsp; Серьги изумрудны; Расстилали белый плат И над чашей пели в лад &nbsp;&nbsp; Песенки подблюдны.
  • О! не знай сих страшных снов &nbsp;&nbsp; Ты, моя Светлана... Как приятный ручейка &nbsp;&nbsp; Блеск на лоне луга, Будь вся жизнь ее светла, Будь веселость, как была, &nbsp;&nbsp; Дней ее подруга.
  • Я на всё решиться готов. Прикажете ль, кожу Дам содрать с моего благородного тела, чтоб сшить вам Дюжину тёплых калошей, дабы, гуляя по травке, Ножек тёплых замочить не могли вы? Прикажете ль, уши Дам отрезать себе, чтобы, в летнее время хлопушкой Вам усердно служа, колотили они дерзновенных Мух, досаждающих вам неотступной своею любовью?
  • Боже, Царя храни! Сильный, державный, Царствуй на славу, на славу намъ! Царствуй на страхъ врагамъ, Царь православный! Боже, Царя храни!

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Vasily
Gender
male
Citizenship
Russian Empire
Place of death
Baden-Baden
Occupation
literary critic
Languages spoken
Russian
Field of work
literary criticism
Genre
poetry
Movement
Romanticism
Image
Zhukovsky 1815.jpg
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Commons category
Vasily Zhukovsky
date of birth
1783-01-29
date of death
1852-04-12
topic's main category
Category:Vasily Zhukovsky
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
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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vasily Zhukovsky” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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