1. Literary Figures of 18th Century Russia Ashlee Green History 142 Dr. DenBeste

2. The written Russian language underwent intense modifications under Peter the Great’s reign, making it more compatible to translations with western European languages. Peter the Great also did much for the forwarding of education in Russia and the development of a printing industry in Russia. A result of these efforts was the development of secular Russian literature. The field of secular Russian literature experienced even greater expansion and support under the reign of Catherine the Great. While the works of 18th century Russian authors do not enjoy widespread popularity and readership now, they provided the foundations for later Russian authors who are still widely read today.

4. Letters On Nature And Man – philisophical work

5. Authored several poems – most notably To My Mind: On Those Who Blame Education and On the Envy and Pride of Evil minded Courtiers

6. Translated the poetry of Horace and Anacreon into Russian

7. Translated Fontenelle’sConversations on the Plurality of Worlds into Russian

9. A Conversation on Orthography – first study of Russian phoenetics

10. Did extensive translating of classical authors and medieval philosophers into Russian

12. Primarilly wrote odes

13. His poems were highly satirical and included highly commical elements

14. Served as personal secretary to Catherine II for a time (1791)

16. His play Khorev is considered the first Russian drama

17. Based many of his plays on stories from Russian history and Russian legends

18. First author to write fables – a genre that became immensely popular in Russian literature

21. Spent spare hours translating the works of Voltaire, Diderot & Rousseau into Russian

22. Most famous work was Dushenka – an epic-esque poem