Ivan Krylov

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1769 – 1844

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Who was Ivan Krylov?

Ivan Andreyevich Krylov is Russia's best known fabulist. While many of his earlier fables were loosely based on Aesop's and La Fontaine's, later fables were original work, often satirizing the incompetent bureaucracy that was stifling social progress in his time.

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Born
Feb 13, 1769
Moscow
Nationality
  • Russia
Profession
Died
Nov 21, 1844
Saint Petersburg

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on July 23, 2013

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