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Derzhavin
[ der-zhah-vin; Russian dyer-zhah-vyin ]
noun
- Gavril Romanovich [gah-, vril, roh-, mah, -n, uh, -vich, g, uh, -, vryil, , r, uh, -, mah, -n, uh, -vyich], 1743–1816, Russian poet.
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Example Sentences
I began to read different poems in our books, but neither Dimitrieff nor Derzhavin could help me.
From Project Gutenberg
This does not include obsequious authors like Derzhavin and Karamzin.
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Derzhavin was enthusiastic over the recitation of his Recollections of Tsarskoe Selo.
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Who knows, my cousin, but that he may prove to be a second Derzhavin?
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