Mikhail Lermontov

Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (1814–1841) was the second great poet of Russian literature after Pushkin, and his death in a duel at the age of twenty-six—echoing Pushkin's own death four years earlier—remains one of the most grievous losses in literary history. Born into a family of minor Russian nobility with Scottish ancestry, he was raised by his wealthy grandmother after his mother's early death and his father's departure. He studied at Moscow University and the School of Guard Cadets in St. Petersburg before entering military service. This author hub collects 1 work in the Canon Compass ranking, led by A Hero of Our Time.