Arseny Arkadyevich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (; 1848–1913), was a Russian

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known in part for writing the texts of

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's two

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s of the 1870s: '' Sunless'' and '' Songs and Dances of Death''. He was the son of (1812-1859), a

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and state secretary for the

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, and the grandson of (1772-1843), governor-general of St. Petersburg 1825-1830 (the latter is not to be confused with

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Mikhail Illarionovich Goleníschev-Kutúzov who commanded the Russian forces against the Napoleon invasion in Russia in 1812, and who came from a younger noble branch of the family).Голенищев-Кутузов Арсений Аркадьевич
at the Great Biographical Dictionary. 2000

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Golenishchev-Kutuzov, Arseny 1848 births 1913 deaths Poets from the Russian Empire Graduates of the 4th Moscow Gymnasium