Author: Pyotr Yershov
Alternate names: Пётр Павлович Ершов; P.P. Yershov; Petr Ershov
Born: 6 March 1815
Died: 30 August 1869
Bio: Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov (Russian: Пётр Павлович Ершов) was a Russian poet and author of the famous fairy-tale poem The Little Humpbacked Horse (Konyok-Gorbunok).