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Mikhail Lermontov - (1814-1842) "...the leading Russian Romantic poet and author of the novel Geroy nashego vremeni (1840; A Hero of Our Time), which was to have a profound influence on later Russian writers". (Brittanica)
Mikhail Lomonosov - A scientist, poet, and linguist whose work on literary Russian during the reign of Catherine the Great helped modernize the language, paving the way for the great authors and poets of the ninetheenth century.
