Yakov Polonsky (1819 - 1898)

Yakov Petrovich Polonsky (Russian: Яков Петрович Полонский, 18 December [O.S. 6 December] 1819 – 30 October [O.S. 18 October] 1898) was a leading Pushkinist poet who tried to uphold the waning traditions of Russian Romantic poetry during the heyday of realistic prose.