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(Encyclopedia) Yevtushenko, Yevgeny Aleksandrovich yĕvˌto͞oshĕngˈkō, Rus. yĭvgāˈnyē əlyĭksänˈdrəvĭch yĭvtəshĕnˈkō [key], 1933–2017, Russian poet, b. Zima Junction, Siberia. Along with Andrei V...

(Encyclopedia) Evtushenko, Evgeny: see Yevtushenko, Yevgeny. ...

(Encyclopedia) Katayev, Yevgeny Petrovich: see Petrov, Yevgeny Petrovich. ...

(Encyclopedia) Petrov, Yevgeny Petrovich yĭvgāˈnyē pētrôˈvĭch pētrôfˈ [key], 1903–42, Russian writer and journalist; brother of the dramatist Valentin P. Katayev. His original name was Yevgeny Petrovich...

(Encyclopedia) Shakhmatov, Aleksey Aleksandrovich əlĭksyāˈ əlĭksänˈdrəvĭch shôkmətôfˈ [key], 1864–1920, Russian philologist and historian. Shakhmatov's many books on the history of the Russian langua...

(Encyclopedia) Kaverin, Veniamin Aleksandrovich vĕnyəmēnˈ əlyĭksänˈdrəvĭch kəvyĕˈrĭn [key], 1902–89, Russian novelist and short-story writer. He was a member of the literary group that called itself ...

(Encyclopedia) Bestuzhev, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich kŏsˈăk märlĭnˈskē [key], 1797–1837, Russian novelist and poet. He wrote popular romantic tales in the Byronic manner. As an officer in the guards he joined...

(Encyclopedia) Fadeyev, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich əlyĭksänˈdər əlyĭksänˈdrəvĭch fŭdyāˈəf [key], 1901–56, Russian author. An active Communist, he fought in the Revolution of 1917. His first novel, Raz...

(Encyclopedia) Esenin, Sergei Aleksandrovich: see Yesenin. ...

(Encyclopedia) Yesenin, Sergei Aleksandrovich syĭrgāˈ əlyĭksänˈdrəvĭch yĭsyāˈnĭn [key], 1895–1925, Russian poet. Yesenin was the most popular poet of the early revolution and the object of a considera...