Nikolay Karamzin

1766 - 1826

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

movement: Sentimentalism

genre: poetry

country of citizenship: Russian Empire

languages spoken, written or signed: Russian

educated at: Imperial Moscow University

occupation: linguist, poet, historian, writer, translator, critic, journalist, prosaist, opinion journalist

award received: Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class

Nikolay Mikhailovich Karamzin (Russian: Николай Михайлович Карамзин; 12 December [O.S. 1 December] 1766 – 3 June [O.S. 22 May] 1826) was a Russian historian, romantic writer, poet and critic. He is best remembered for his fundamental History of the Russian State, a 12-volume national history. Source: Wikipedia (en)