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COMMANDER // 1814–1841

Mikhail Lermontov

cornetRussian Empire1 battle1 war

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18141841

181518201825183018351840Caucasian War · 1763-1864Battle of the Valerik River — July 11, 1840 · Russian Empire · Caucasian War

Active service 18401 battle across 1 war; first command at age 26.

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Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucasus", the most important Russian poet after Alexander Pushkin's death in 1837 and the greatest figure in Russian Romanticism. His influence on Russian literature is felt in modern times, through his poetry, but also his prose, which founded the tradition of the Russian psychological novel.

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