Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky was the foremost Russian poet of the 1810s and a leading figure in Russian literature in the first half of the 19th century. He held a high position at the Romanov court as tutor to the Grand Duchess Alexandra... Wikipedia
Born: February 9, 1783, Mishenskoe, Russia
Died: April 24, 1852 (age 69 years), Baden-Baden, Germany
Nationality: Russian
Books: Svetlana, Sleeping princess, and The tale of Tsar Berendey
Place of burial: Alexander Nevsky Lavra, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Children: Pavel Zhukovsky and Alexandra Zhukovskaya
Parents: Afanasi Bunin and Yelizaveta Turchaninova