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Biographical Essay on Gavril Romanovich Derzhavin, 18th Century Russian Poet

 
 
 
 
 
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This is a brief biographical essay about the eighteenth-century Russian poet, Gavril Romanovich Derzhavin, who was
regarded as the greatest national poet before Alexander Pushkin. A man of the Enlightenment, he became poet laureate and minister of justice for Catherine II, from 1802 to 1805. Derzhavin also served briefly as Catherine’s private secretary. His most famous works include "The Courtier" (1776), "The Death of Prince Meshchersky" (1779-83), "Felitsa" (1782), "Ode to God" (1784), "To the Potentates and Judges" (1780), and "The Waterfall" (1791-94).

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