Prince Grigory Vasilyevich Kugushev (russian: link=no, Григорий Васильевич Кугушев, 17 March 1824 – 3 October 1871) was a Russian writer, poet and playwright whose comedies, including ''Goluboi Kapot'' (Blue Hood), ''Pari'' (The Bet), ''Priyomysh'' (The Foster) had considerable, if not lasting, success in the Russian Imperial Theatres in 1850s. More substantial and critically acclaimed were Kugushev's works of fiction, notably ''Kornet Otletayev'' (Корнет Отлетаев, a three-part novella, first published by ''

Russky Vestnik The ''Russian Messenger'' or ''Russian Herald'' (russian: Ру́сский ве́стник ''Russkiy Vestnik'', Pre-reform Russian: Русскій Вѣстникъ ''Russkiy Vestnik'') has been the title of three notable magazines published in ...

'' in 1856) and the four-part novel ''Postoronneye Vliyaniye'' (Постороннее влияние, The Outside Influence, 1858—1859). He also wrote the libretto for the epic drama opera ''Mazeppa'' (1859) by Baron

Boris Fitinhof-Schell Baron Boris Alexandrovich Fitinhoff-Schell (russian: Борис Александрович Фитингоф-Шель, tr. ) (1829? in Morshansk – in St. Petersburg, Russia) was a Russian composer of Baltic German descent. Biography Fiti ...

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Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary The ''Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopaedic Dictionary'' (Russian: Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона, abbr. ЭСБЕ, tr. ; 35 volumes, small; 86 volumes, large) is a comprehensive multi-volume ...

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Dramatists and playwrights from the Russian Empire Writers from the Russian Empire Librettists from the Russian Empire 1824 births 1871 deaths {{russia-writer-stub