Aleksey Koltsov
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1809 – 1842
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Who was Aleksey Koltsov?
Aleksey Vasilievich Koltsov was a Russian poet who has been called a Russian Burns. His poems, frequently placed in the mouth of women, stylize peasant-life songs and idealize agricultural labour. Koltsov earnestly collected Russian folklore which strongly influenced his poetry. He celebrated simple peasants, their work and their lives. Many of his poems were put to music by such composers as Dargomyzhsky, Mussorgsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov.
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- Born
- Oct 15, 1809
Voronezh - Also known as
- Кольцов, Алексей Васильевич
- Died
- Oct 19, 1842
Voronezh
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on July 23, 2013
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