About Yevgeny Baratynsky
Yevgeny Abramovich Baratynsky (Russian: Евге́ний Абра́мович Бараты́нский, IPA: [jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɐˈbraməvʲɪtɕ bərɐˈtɨnskʲɪj]; 2 March [O.S. 19 February] 1800 – 11 July 1844) was a Russian poet. He was lauded by Alexander Pushkin as the finest Russian elegiac poet. After a long period when his reputation was on the wane, Baratynsky was rediscovered by Russian Symbolism poets as a supreme poet of thought. As time went by, Baratynsky's mood progressed from pessimism to hopelessness, and elegy became his preferred form of expression.
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