Vasili Krasovsky
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Vasili Ivanovich Krasovsky (1782–1824) was a Russian writer.
Krasovsky studied at the gymnasium
of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, after which he worked for the body overseeing the Russian mining industry. From 1804 through 1813 Krasovsky was the secretary of the St. Petersburg Censorship Committee
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In 1801, Krasovsky was one of the founding member of the Free Society of Lovers of Literature, Science, and the Arts
and contributed many poems to the Society's anthology, Scrolls of the Muse. He stopped attending meetings in 1805 on grounds of ill health, and was expelled from the Society on July 15, 1807.
Krasovsky's published work includes a smooth and musical poem, "Winter" (St. Petersburg, 1825), based on his translation of Jean François de Saint-Lambert
's poem "Four Seasons".
Krasovsky died on November 22, 1824.
Krasovsky studied at the gymnasium
Gymnasium (school)
A gymnasium is a type of school providing secondary education in some parts of Europe, comparable to English grammar schools or sixth form colleges and U.S. college preparatory high schools. The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual...
of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, after which he worked for the body overseeing the Russian mining industry. From 1804 through 1813 Krasovsky was the secretary of the St. Petersburg Censorship Committee
Bureau of Censorship (Russian Empire)
The Bureau of Censorship was a bureau set up in the Ministry of Education of the Russian Empire following the passage of an enabling law on July 9, 1804.The censorship statute read, in part:...
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In 1801, Krasovsky was one of the founding member of the Free Society of Lovers of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Free Society of Lovers of Literature, Science, and the Arts
The Free Society of Lovers of Literature, Science, and the Arts was a Russian literary and political society active in the early 19th Century....
and contributed many poems to the Society's anthology, Scrolls of the Muse. He stopped attending meetings in 1805 on grounds of ill health, and was expelled from the Society on July 15, 1807.
Krasovsky's published work includes a smooth and musical poem, "Winter" (St. Petersburg, 1825), based on his translation of Jean François de Saint-Lambert
Jean François de Saint-Lambert
Jean François de Saint-Lambert was a French poet and military officer, but he is most remembered for his involvement in two love affairs....
's poem "Four Seasons".
Krasovsky died on November 22, 1824.