Alexander Efimovich Izmaylov (Алекса′ндр Ефи′мович Изма′йлов, 25 April

1779 Events January–March * January 11 – British troops surrender to the Marathas in Wadgaon, India, and are forced to return all territories acquired since 1773. * January 11 – Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manip ...

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, — 28 January

1831 Events January–March * January 1 – William Lloyd Garrison begins publishing '' The Liberator'', an anti-slavery newspaper, in Boston, Massachusetts. * January 10 – Japanese department store, Takashimaya in Kyoto establ ...

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), i ...

, Russian Empire) was a Russian fabulist,

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(''Tsvetnik'', ''Blagonamerenny'' magazines),

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and one-time state official (a

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and Arkhangelsk Governorates' vice-governor). Lauded for his satirical fables (by, among others, Vissarion Belinsky), Alexander Izmaylov is considered to be the last major literary figure of

Russian Enlightenment The Russian Age of Enlightenment was a period in the 18th century in which the government began to actively encourage the proliferation of arts and sciences, which had a profound impact on Russian culture. During this time, the first Russian unive ...

.Александр Ефимович Измайлов
at the Soviet Literary Encyclopedia // Тимофеев Л. Измайлов А. Е. / Литературная энциклопедия: В 11 т. - �. 1929-1939. Т. 4. - �. Изд-во Ком. Акад., 1930. / Pp. 437-438.

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