Derzhavin

[ der-zhah-vin; Russian dyer-zhah-vyin ]

noun

1. Gavril Romanovich [gah-, vril, roh-, mah, -n, uh, -vich, g, uh, -, vryil, , r, uh, -, mah, -n, uh, -vyich], 1743–1816, Russian poet.

Example Sentences

I began to read different poems in our books, but neither Dimitrieff nor Derzhavin could help me.

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This does not include obsequious authors like Derzhavin and Karamzin.

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Derzhavin was enthusiastic over the recitation of his Recollections of Tsarskoe Selo.

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Who knows, my cousin, but that he may prove to be a second Derzhavin?

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