“Sergey Nikolayevich, there are not many of us old acquaintances left now.”
About Ivan Krylov
13 February 1769–21 November 1844
Ivan Andreyevich Krylov, born on 13 February 1769 and dead on 21 November 1844, occupies a singular place in Russian literature: he is at once a classic author taught to children, a master satirist quoted by politicians and journalists, and a poet whose compact animal tales preserve an unusually sharp view of human…