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Fabulists from the Russian Empire

  • Helena BlavatskyHelena Petrovna Blavatsky was born on the 12th of August 1831 in Yekaterinoslav, a town within the Russian Empire that is now known as Dnipro.
  • Ivan KrylovIvan Andreyevich Krylov was born on the 13th of February 1769 in Moscow. He spent his early years in Orenburg and Tver before moving to St.
  • Mikhail Saltykov-ShchedrinMikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov was born on the 27th of January 1826 in the village of Spas-Ugol. He entered the world as one of eight children within a large…