Marlinsky, Cossack

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see Bestuzhev, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich.

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Bestuzhev, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich - pseud. Cossack Marlinsky 1797–1837, Russian novelist and poet. He wrote popular romantic tales in the Byronic manner. As an officer in the guards he joined the Decembrists and was exiled ...