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Vasily Kapnist
Russian noble and poet (1758–1823) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Count Vasily Vasilievich Kapnist (Russian: Василий Васильевич Капнист, 23 February 1758 – 9 November 1823), was a Russian poet,[1] playwright and nobleman who was known as an active critic of serfdom in Russia and as a proponent of restoration of the Zaporozhian host in the region of southern Ukraine.[2]
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