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Pogorelsky Antoniy
(1787—1836)
«Black Hen, or Underground People»

Count Alexey Perovsky (the writer Anton Pogorelsky) (1789-1836) was an illegitimate son of Count Alexey Razumovsky, brother of Count Vasily Perovsky. He was the author of the well known novel for children "Black Hen, or Underground People". He raised his nephew Count Alexey Tolstoy (1817-1875), who became a well known poet and playwright, the author of several poems and famous plays "Death of Ioann the Terrible", "Tzar Feodor Ioannovich" and "Tzar Boris".

USSR, 1984, Characters of childrens book