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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Nikolai Nikolev

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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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Also worked under the name Отставной солдат Моисей Слепцов. Born in 1758, died in Moscow in 1815.
The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is poetry and drama.
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