Alexander Petrovich Sumarokov was a Russian poet and playwright who single-handedly created classical theatre in Russia, thus assisting Mikhail Lomonosov to inaugurate the reign of classicism in Russian literature. Wikipedia
Born: November 25, 1717, Lappeenranta, Finland
Died: October 12, 1777 (age 59 years), Moscow, Russia
Grandchildren: Boris Yakovlevich Knyazhnin and Aleksandr Yakovlevich Knyazhnin
Children: Ekaterina Kniazhnina
Parents: Peter Sumarokov and Praskovya Sumarokova