Ivan Kuzmich Kondratyev (russian: Иван Кузьмич Кондратьев, be, Іван Кузьміч Кандрацьеў) ( in

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) was a Russian Empire writer, playwright and poet. According to Ivan Belousov, Kondratyev was a member of

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's circle. Kondratyev authored a novel called ''Saltychikha'' (russian: Салтычиха), numerous short stories, plays, poetry (''The Death of Attilla'', ''

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and the Gypsy'', ''

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's Feast''), historical essays (''The grey olden times of Moscow'', russian: Седая старина Москвы) and translations, as well as two collections: ''Думы и были'' (Thoughts and True Stories, Moscow, 1884) and ''Под шум дубрав. Песни. Думы. Былины. Народные сказания'' (Under the Noise of Oak Groves. Songs, Thoughts, Epic Poems, Popular Stories, Moscow, 1898). Both Belousov and

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were highly critical of Kondratyev's work. Kondratyev is also known as an expert on songs, publishing several studies on popular Russian songs, the most important of these studies being: ''You Russian Song'' (russian: Песня ты русская), ''Those Are the Songs of My Motherland'' (russian: То песни родины моей...) and ''The Power of Song'' (russian: Сила песни). Many of his poems are written in the tradition of Russian songs and have been used as lyrics for songs by Vasily Andreyevich Zolotaryov and other less known composers. He also wrote the lyrics for various popular romances, the best known of these being ''Charming Eyes'' (russian: Очаровательные глазки). He is also credited with the lyrics of the song '' On the Wild Steppes of Transbaikalya'' (russian: По диким степям Забайкалья...)Ivan Kondratyev
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kondratyev, Ivan 1849 births 1904 deaths People from Vileyka District People from Vileysky Uyezd Poets from the Russian Empire Male writers from the Russian Empire Russian male poets Writers from the Russian Empire 19th-century poets 19th-century male writers from the Russian Empire S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy alumni