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Preferred term

Žukovskij, Vasilij Andreevič, 1783-1852  

Entry terms

  • Joukoffsky, Wasily Andrejewitsch
  • Joukovsky, Wassily Andreevich
  • Joukowsky, Wassily Andreevich
  • Shukowskij, Wassilij Andrejewitsch
  • Zhukovskii, Vasilii Andreevich
  • Zhukovsky, Vasily Andreyevich

Scope note

  • amateur artist; educated in Moscow; served in the Napoleonic War of 1812; in 1815 joined the tsar's entourage, becoming tutor to the heir to the throne in 1826; in 1841 he retired to Germany; Pushkin considered him his teacher; father of Pavel Vasil'evič

Notation

  • 238213

In other languages

  • French

  • Joukoffsky, Wasily Andrejewitsch
  • Joukovsky, Wassily Andreevich
  • Joukowsky, Wassily Andreevich
  • Shukowskij, Wassilij Andrejewitsch
  • Zhukovskii, Vasilii Andreevich
  • Zhukovsky, Vasily Andreyevich

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVN-G7GXZSH1-G

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