Gavrila Derzhavin

Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin
Portrait by Vladimir Borovikovsky, 1811
Kaam	Poet, statesman
Writing period	Neoclassicism
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Gavriil (Gavrila) Romanovich Derzhavin ( ru; 14 July 1743 – 20 July 1816) jab se jaada esteem waala Russian kavi rahaa Alexander Pushkin se pahile, aur ek statesman bhi. Jab ki uske kaam ke literary classicism maana jaawe hae, uske sab se achchhaat verse me dher antitheses aur conflicting sounds hae John Donne aur duusra metaphysical poets ke rakam.