Alexander Navrotsky
Alexander Alexandrrovich Navrotsky (russian: link=no, Александр Александрович Навроцкий, 13 March 1839 – 10 June 1914) was a Russian literature, Russian writer, poet and playwright, known also under his pen name N. A. Vrotsky. His best-known poem, "The Stenka Razin Cliff" (Утёс Стеньки Разина), set to music by himself, became popular among Russian revolutionaries in the late 19th-early 20th century and is now considered part of Russian musical folklore.Alexander Navrotsky
Biography at the Russian Writers Dictionary // Ист.: Русские писатели 1800–1917. Биографический словарь. Т. 4. М., 1999.

Biography

Navrotsky was born in Saint Petersburg to a noble Russian family based in Moscow Governorate. After graduatin ...
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Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), is the second-largest city in Russia. It is situated on the Neva River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea, with a population of roughly 5.4 million residents. Saint Petersburg is the fourth-most populous city in Europe after Istanbul, Moscow and London, the most populous city on the Baltic Sea, and the world's northernmost city of more than 1 million residents. As Russia's Imperial capital, and a historically strategic port, it is governed as a federal city. The city was founded by Tsar Peter the Great on 27 May 1703 on the site of a captured Swedish fortress, and was named after apostle Saint Peter. In Russia, Saint Petersburg is historically and culturally associated with t ...
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