Sergei Nikolayevich Glinka ( rus, Серге́й Никола́евич Гли́нка, p=sʲɪrˈɡʲej nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪdʑ ˈɡlʲinkə, a=Syergyey Nikolayevich Glinka.ru.vorb.oga; 1774–1847) was a minor

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author of the Romantic period.

Biography

Glinka was the elder brother of Fedor Nikolaevich Glinka. He was born at Sutoki,

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in 1774. In 1796 he entered the Russian army, but after three years service retired with the rank of major. He afterwards employed himself in the education of youth and in literary pursuits, first in

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, and subsequently at

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, where he died in 1847.

Works

Glinka's poems are spirited and patriotic; he wrote also several dramatic pieces, and translated

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's ''Night Thoughts.'' Among his numerous prose works the most important from an historical point of view are: * ''Russkoe Chtenie'' (Historical Memorials of Russia in the 18th and 19th Centuries; 2 vols., 1845) * ''Istoriya Rossii, etc.'' (History of Russia for the use of Youth; 10 vols., 1817–1819; 2nd ed. 1822, 3rd ed. 1824) * ''Istoriya Armyan, etc.'' (History of the Migration of the Armenians of Azerbaijan from Turkey to Russia; 1831) * contributions to ''Russky Vyestnik'' (Russian Messenger), a monthly periodical, edited by him (1808–1820)

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