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Vasily Kapnist

Russian poet and playwright
Count Vasily Vasilievich Kapnist, was a Russian poet, playwright and nobleman who was known as an active critic of serfdom in Russia and as a proponent of restoration of the Zaporozhian host in the region of southern Ukraine. Wikipedia
Born: February 23, 1758
Died: November 9, 1823 (age 65 years)
Parents: Vasyl Kapnist
Spouse: Alexandra Alexewna Djakowa (m. 1781)