Author: Vasiliĭ Andreevich Zhukovskiĭ
Alternate names: Vasilii Andreevich Zhukovskii; V. A. Zhukovskiĭ; V. A. Zhukovskīĭ
Born: 1783
Died: 1852
Bio: Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky (Russian: Василий Андреевич Жуковский; 9 February [O.S. 29 January] 1787 – 24 April [O.S. 12 April] 1852) 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 Feodorovna and later to her son, the future Tsar-Liberator Alexander II.