Lermontov, Mikhail Yurevich
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...written to protest the death of Pushkin in a duel. A cavalry officer...early verse, which, like his life, was greatly influenced by...and idealization of primitive life. His heroic poems include...numerous enemies, and, like Pushkin, he was killed in a duel...