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Evgeny Baratynsky is an outstanding Russian poet of the first half of the XIX century. Brief information of the poet belonged to the old noble family of Polish origin. He was born on March 2 years in the village of Vyazhla of the Tambov province. His father is Adjutant General Abram Baratynsky, his mother is the beloved maid of honor of Empress Alexander Cherepanov. He studied in a Page Corps in St.

Petersburg. For the theft of a rather large amount of money, the comrade was expelled from the corps.

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Three years later, he entered the Libe-Guards Jaeger Regiment, and then for five years served in Finland the non-commissioned officer of the Neushlit Infantry Regiment. In the year he received the title of officer, after which he resigned, moved to Moscow and married the daughter of Major General Lev Engelhardt. In this marriage, he had nine children, two of whom died in infancy.

His first poem was printed in the year. He became famous as a poet after the release of the poems “Ed” and “Feast” and the first collection of lyrical verses. Baratynsky’s poems were distinguished by the expressiveness of an elegant verse, not inferior to Pushkin’s, and remarkable skill of form. In the year, Evgeny Baratynsky went with his family on a trip abroad. Having been abroad, the poet translated about 15 of his poems into French.

And while traveling by sea to Italy, he wrote a verse “Piroskaf”, which was later printed in “Contemporary”. This poem was the last lyrical work of Yevgeny Baratynsky. The poet died in Naples, July 11. His son, Leo, in the year published in Kazan in the same volume a collection of his poems. And in the year he was repeatedly published by another son - Nikolai.

Currently, the poet’s work is studied in Russian schools and universities, his books are necessarily present in all libraries of Russia. For children, the first acquaintance with the verses of Yevgeny Baratynsky occurs in grade 4. Interesting facts the poet made attempts to write prose. He wrote the story “Right”, but his further experiments in prose were not completed and remained unknown.

In his works, the poet used only commas and any more punctuation marks. At the age of twenty, he wrote a poem that became prophetic - in it the poet said that his life would end in a distant and alien country. Similar authors.