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Vasily Zhukovsky was a leading Russian poet during the first half of the 19^th century whose skills brought him to the attention of the ruling Romanovs. He was employed as a tutor, firstly teaching Russian to the German-born Grand Duchess Alexandra Feodorovna. Later on he taught her son, the boy who would go on to become Tsar Alexander II. He is famous for translating some of the great Romantic poets into Russian, and some have said that they were all the better for his work. He was credited with bringing the Romantic Movement of literature to Russia.

He was born Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky on the 29^th January 1783 in a small village in the Tula Governorate of the Russian Empire called Mishenskoe. His father was a landowner and was not married to his mother, their Turkish housekeeper. They sent him to be educated at the Moscow University Noblemen”s Pension where he studied literature. He particularly enjoyed reading examples of English Sentimentalism and also German “Sturm und Drang” proto-Romantic works.

At university he met a famous man of letters called Nikolay Kara

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On the publication of Pushkin's first major work in 1820, Zhukovsky presented the younger poet with this famous portrait of himself, over the inscription: "To the victorious disciple from his vanquished tutor."

Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky (February 1783 – April 1852) was the foremost Russian poet of the 1800s. He is credited with introducing the Romantic Movement to Russian literature. Romanticism in Russia would produce the likes of Alexander Pushkin and Mikhail Lermontov among others. The main body of Zhukovsky's literary output consists of free translations covering an impressively wide range of poets from Ferdowsi to Friedrich Schiller. Quite a few of his translations proved to be more competently-written and enduring works than their originals.

Early life

Zhukovsky was the illegitimate son of a Russian landowner, Nikolai Bunin and a Turkish slave. He was given his godfather's surname. In his youth, he lived and studied at the Moscow University Noblemen's Pension, where he was heavily influenced by Freemasonry, English Sentimentalism, and the G

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Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky

Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky was a major Russian poet and translator in the 1810’s. He was born on 9th February 1787 in Mishenskoe, Tula Province, Russia and died on 24th April 1852 in Baden Baden, Germany aged 69.

Major Works

Gray’s “Elegy in a Country Churchyard” (Trans 1802)
“Marina Roshcha” (Mary’s Grove) (1809)
“A Bard in the Camp of the Russian Warriors” (1812)
“The Prayer of the Russians” National Anthem (1816)
Homer’s “Odyssey” (Trans 1849)

Biography Timeline

Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky was born on 9th February 1787 in Mishenskoe, Tula Province Russia. His father was Afanasi Bunin a landowner and his mother was Salkha, his father’s housekeeper and he was born out of wedlock. Although brought up by his parents he took the surname Zhukovsky from his father’s friend for social reasons.

1801: He is sent to be educated at Moscow University aged fourteen where he is introduced to the Sturm