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Nikolai Nikolev

Nikolay Petrovich Nikolev (21 November 1758 – 5 February 1815), was a Russian poet and playwright. He was brought up and educated in the family of Princess Ekaterina Dashkova, his distant relation. The poet went blind at the age of 20, after which his popularity soared and he came to be sentimentally styled a Russian Milton.

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Born
1758.
Died
1815. · Moscow.
Nationality
Russian Empire.
Occupation
linguist, poet, playwright, writer and major.
Fields
poetry and drama.
Languages
Russian.

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Nikolay Petrovich Nikolev (21 November 1758 – 5 February 1815), was a Russian poet and playwright. He was brought up and educated in the family of Princess Ekaterina Dashkova, his distant relation. The poet went blind at the age of 20, after which his popularity soared and he came to be sentimentally styled a Russian Milton.

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