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  Vasily Zhukovsky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zhukovsky was particularly admired for his first-rate melodious translations of German and English ballads.
Zhukovsky's life's work as an interpreter of European literature probably constitutes the most important body of literary hermeneutics in the Russian language.
Zhukovsky died in Germany in 1852 and is buried in the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, St. Petersburg.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Vasily_Andreevich_Zhukovsky   (1027 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - Vasily Zhukovsky
Named after his godfather, Zhukovsky was the illegitimate son of a landlord named Bunin by his Turkish slave girl.
Zhukovsky was particularly admired for his first-rank melodious translations of German and English ballads.
Such a great influence he had on the tsesarevich, that the liberal reforms of the 1860s are sometimes attributed to the influence of Zhukovsky's education.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Vasily_Andreevich_Zhukovsky   (540 words)

  
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 Literary Encyclopedia: Vasily Andreevich Zhukovsky
He was the illegitimate son of a landlord, Afanasii Ivanovich Bunin, and a Turkish woman named Sal’kha, who had been captured at the siege of Bender in 1770 (the name and nationality of his mother is omitted from at least one Soviet account, presumably for nationalistic or puritanical reasons).
After he left the pension, Zhukovsky worked briefly in the Moscow Salt Office, a post he left under a cloud after his negligent attitude incurred the wrath of his superior (the nachal’nik) and he was briefly placed under formal arrest.
Zhukovsky was to become perhaps Russia’s greatest translator of verse, from French, German, English and Classical sources.
www.litencyc.com /php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=4850   (627 words)

  
 The White Tower   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
During the reign of Empress Catherine II, the bastion of the White Tower contained an artillery room for ceremonial salutes.
An earthen fortress in the shape of an eight-point star according to the teachings of the famous seventeenth century French military engineer Marshal Voban was erected to support the bridge according to drawings by Vasily Andreevich Zhukovsky, tutor to the heir to the throne, Alexander Nikolaevich (the future Emperor Alexander II).
The neo-gothic style was entirely in tune with the inclinations and world-view of Emperor Nicholas I.
eng.tzar.ru /alexander_park/new_garden/white_tower   (525 words)

  
 List of Russians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vasily Ilyich Safonov (1852-1918), composer and music educator
Vasily V. Dokuchaev, the founder of the modern soil science
Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa, physicist, discoverer of superfluidity, Nobel Prize in physics
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Russians   (1012 words)

  
 Emperor Alexander II. 1818-1881
At baptism he was awarded the Imperial Order of St. Apostle Andrew and enlisted in a prestigious army regiment: for all men of grand-ducal families military service was considered at the time to be their main mission.
Up to his enthronement he was engaged in state work and carried out diplomatic assignments of his father, representing Russia in Europe.
The training of the heir ended with by his travel together with his teacher V.A. Zhukovsky across Russia, during which Alexander Nikolaevich met governors of cities and nobility.
eng.cathedral.ru /museum/exhibitions/alexandre   (1424 words)

  
 The Name of Pushkin House
In the early 1880s his friend, son of Vasily Andreevich Zhukovsky, Pavel Vasiljevich presented Onegin with sixty Pushkin’s manuscripts: the first redaction of «Count Nulin», fragments of «The Egyptian Nights», Boldino autograph of «To Voevoda» and some other items.
Later he also moved to Onegin’s flat the papers concerning the history of Pushkin’s duel and death, a great number of documents and abundant Pushkin iconography.
Pavel Vasilijevich Zhukovsky also donated his father’s archive and 400 volumes from his library.
www.pushkinskijdom.ru /Default.aspx?tabid=1239   (2711 words)

  
 Romanov. Holy Family
The Grand Duke Alexander Nikolaevich left Russia in late spring of 1837.
He was accompanied by his mentor, famous Russian Poet Vasily Andreevich Zhycovsky, court doctor Erokhin, Count Orloff, and the bunch of friends.
Count Orloff was responsible for communications with the young Prince's parents.
www.russianroyalty.com /victoria.html   (1429 words)

  
 Pavlova and Schiller
His poetry was much in the air during this period and many imbibed this Romantic atmosphere from their youth.
His poetry was readily available in the Russian translations of Vasily Andreevich Zhukovsky.
Pavlova, however, knew his works quite well in the original.
darkwing.uoregon.edu /~tdolack/Pavlova.html   (3379 words)

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