Alexander Efimovich Izmaylov (Алекса′ндр Ефи′мович Изма′йлов, 25 April

1779 Events January–March * January 11 – British troops surrender to the Marathas in Wadgaon, India, and are forced to return all territories acquired since 1773. * January 11 – Ching-Thang Khomba is crowned King of Manip ...

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, — 28 January

1831 Events January–March * January 1 – William Lloyd Garrison begins publishing '' The Liberator'', an anti-slavery newspaper, in Boston, Massachusetts. * January 10 – Japanese department store, Takashimaya in Kyoto esta ...

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, Russian Empire) was a

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(''Tsvetnik'', ''Blagonamerenny'' magazines),

pedagogue Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken ...

and one-time state official (a

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and

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s' vice-governor). Lauded for his satirical fables (by, among others,

Vissarion Belinsky Vissarion Grigoryevich Belinsky ( rus, Виссарион Григорьевич БелинскийIn Belinsky's day, his name was written ., Vissarión Grigórʹjevič Belínskij, vʲɪsərʲɪˈon ɡrʲɪˈɡorʲjɪvʲɪdʑ bʲɪˈlʲinskʲ ...

), Alexander Izmaylov is considered to be the last major literary figure of

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.Александр Ефимович Измайлов
at the Soviet Literary Encyclopedia // Тимофеев Л. Измайлов А. Е. / Литературная энциклопедия: В 11 т. - �. 1929-1939. Т. 4. - �. Изд-во Ком. Акад., 1930. / Pp. 437-438.

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Russian male poets Russian fabulists Russian editors People from Vladimir, Russia 1779 births 1831 deaths Burials at Tikhvin Cemetery {{russia-poet-stub