Alexander Odoevsky
Russian poet
Born on: December 8, 1802Died on: October 22, 1839
Aged: 36 years 318 days (442 months)
Nationality: Russian
Birth Sign: Sagittarius
Alexander Ivanovich Odoevsky was a Russian poet and playwright, one of the leading figures of the 1825 Decembrist revolt. One of Odoevsky's lines, "Iz iskry vozgoritsa plamya", has come down in history as a long-lasting slogan of the Russian revolutionary movement.
It was chosen as a motto for the Lenin-founded newspaper Iskra, also giving the newspaper its title, which means "spark".
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