Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov was a brilliant and gifted Russian poet-thinker, prose writer, and playwright, the author of the novel "Geroy nashego vremeni" ("A Hero of Our Time").
He was born on the 15th of October, 1814 in Moscow, Russia. At the age of three he lost his mother and was brought up by his grandmother on her estate in Penzenskaya province. He was often ill in his childhood, so he was taken to spas in the Caucasus and the boy was deeply impressed by the exotic landscapes. At the age of 13 he moved with his grandmother to Moscow and went to a boarding school for children of the nobility. There he began to write poems. In 1830 Lermontov entered Moscow University, but he had to leave it two years later and went to St. Petersburg, where he entered the cadet school. Upon his graduation he was appointed to the Life-Guard Hussar Regiment stationed at Tsarskoye Selo (now Pushkin), close to St. Petersburg. He spent a lot of time in the capital and wrote his works.
Alexander Pushkin's death in 1837 shook Lermontov greatly. He wrote an elegy "Smert Poeta" ("Death of a Poet") and because of it he was arrested and exiled to a regiment stationed in the Caucasus. A year later he was allowed to return to St. Petersburg and his poems were printed. Soon Lermontov became popular; he was called Pushkin’s successor. In 1840 he was exiled again. Lermontov took part in dangerous military operations and continued to write.
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Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov was a brilliant and gifted Russian poet-thinker, prose writer, and playwright, the author of the novel "Geroy nashego vremeni" ("A Hero of Our Time").
He was born on the 15th of October, 1814 in Moscow, Russia. At the age of three he lost his mother and was brought up by his grandmother on her estate in Penzenskaya province. He was often ill in his childhood, so he was taken to spas in the Caucasus and the boy was deeply impressed by the exotic landscapes. At the age of 13 he moved with his grandmother to Moscow and went to a boarding school for children of the nobility. There he began to write poems. In 1830 Lermontov entered Moscow University, but he had to leave it two years later and went to St. Petersburg, where he entered the cadet school. Upon his graduation he was appointed to the Life-Guard Hussar Regiment stationed at Tsarskoye Selo (now Pushkin), close to St. Petersburg. He spent a lot of time in the capital and wrote his works.
Alexander Pushkin's death in 1837 shook Lermontov greatly. He wrote an elegy "Smert Poeta" ("Death of a Poet") and because of it he was arrested and exiled to a regiment stationed in the Caucasus. A year later he was allowed to return to St. Petersburg and his poems were printed. Soon Lermontov became popular; he was called Pushkin’s successor. In 1840 he was exiled again. Lermontov took part in dangerous military operations and continued to write.
In 1841 he was killed in a duel in Pyatigorsk.