Nikolai Solomonovich Martynov (russian: link=no, Николай Соломонович Мартынов) (1815–1875) was the Russian army officer who fatally shot the poet

Mikhail Lermontov Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (; russian: Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ˈjurʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲɛrməntəf; – ) was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucas ...

in a cliff-edge

duel A duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two people, with matched weapons, in accordance with agreed-upon Code duello, rules. During the 17th and 18th centuries (and earlier), duels were mostly single combats fought with swords (the r ...

on July 27, 1841, despite Lermontov's supposedly having made it known that he was going to shoot into the air.

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External links

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Brief Biography of Lermontov at faculty.virginia.edu with mention of the duel
1815 births 1875 deaths Mikhail Lermontov Imperial Russian Army personnel Russian duellists Russian military personnel of the Caucasian War {{Russia-mil-bio-stub