Alexander Veltman
1800
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1870
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country of citizenship: Russian Empire
languages spoken, written or signed: Russian
educated at: Moscow university boarding school, Училище колонновожатых
occupation: writer, cartographer, science fiction writer, linguist
award received: Order of Saint Anna, 1st class, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class, Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class, Order of St. Vladimir, 4th class, Order of Saint Stanislaus, 2nd class, Order of Saint Anna, 2nd class
student of: Yuriy Venelin
Alexander Fomich Veltman (Russian: Алекса́ндр Фоми́ч Ве́льтман) (20 July [O.S. 8 July] 1800 — 23 January [O.S. 11 January] 1870) was one of the most successful Russian prose writers of the 1830s and 1840s, "popular for various modes of Romantic fiction — historical, Gothic, fantastic, and folkloristic". He was one of the pioneers of Russian science fiction. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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