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Mikhail Lermontov - Self-portrait; Litauisches Museum AKG London
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Mikhail Lermontov
Mikhail Lermontov was born in 1814 and made several journies to the Caucasus before entering St Petersburg Guards' school where he began writing poetry and autobiographical dramas in prose. He died in a duel in 1841. Influenced by Byron, he is renowned as Russia's one true Romantic poet.

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Author Image: Mikhail Lermontov - Self-portrait; Litauisches Museum AKG London