Portrait of Gavrila Derzhavin

Gavrila Derzhavin

Gavrila Derzhavin (1743–1816) is generally considered to be one of the founders of modern Russian literature, ushering Russia into the greater European tradition. The so-called slate ode was the last poem he completed. (updated 10/2021)

AGNI has published the following work:

the river of time

Poetry by Gavrila Derzhavin Translated from the Russian by James Stotts
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