Vissarion Belinsky

Literary critic, Author

1811 – 1848

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Who was Vissarion Belinsky?

Vissarion Grigoryevich Belinsky was a Russian literary critic of Westernizing tendency. He was an associate of Alexander Herzen, Mikhail Bakunin, and other critical intellectuals. Belinsky played one of the key roles in the career of poet and publisher Nikolay Nekrasov and his popular magazine Sovremennik.

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Born
Jun 11, 1811
Suomenlinna
Also known as
  • Vissarion Grigoryevich Belinsky
Profession
Lived in
  • Helsinki
Died
Jun 7, 1848
Saint Petersburg

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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