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Bestuzhev (Бестужев) Aleksander Aleksandrovich
(1797—1837)

Aleksander Bestuzhev was Russian writer and Decembrist. After the Decembrist revolt he was sent into exile to Caucasus where Russian Empire was waging the war against the Circassians. There writing under the pseudonym Marlinsky he became known as a romantic poet. He was killed there in a skirmish. Aleksander Bestuzhev came from the rich and noble... More...

Russia, 1997, Birth bicentenary of Aleksander Bestuzhev