Alexander Bestuzhev
Russian writer, poet and soldier
Died when: 39 years 228 days (475 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
Alexander Alexandrovich Bestuzhev (Russian: ??????´??? ??????´??????? ?????´???, IPA: [b??'stu??f]; (3 November [O.S. 23 October] 1797 – 19 June [O.S. 7 June] 1837), was a Russian writer and Decembrist.
After the Decembrist revolt he was sent into exile to Caucasus where Russian Empire was waging the war against the Circassians.
There writing under the pseudonym Marlinsky (Russian: ?????´?????, IPA: [m?r'l?insk??j]) he became known as a romantic poet, short story writer and novelist.
He was killed there in a skirmish.
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