Alexander Odoevsky
Alexander Ivanovich Odoevsky , 1802, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire October or August, 1839, Psezuape, now Lazarevskoe, Sochi, Russia was a Russian poet and playwright, one of the leading figures of the 1825 Decembrist revolt. One of Odoevskys lines, Iz iskry vozgoritsa plamya , has come down in history as a longlasting slogan of the Russian revolutionary movement. It was chosen as a motto for the Leninfounded newspaper Iskra, also giving the magazine its title, which means spark.
Alexander Odoevsky was born in Saint Petersburg, to an old family of Russian aristocrats. He received a high quality home education and in 1821 joined the military. One of his best friends and a major influence was his relative, the playwright Aleksander Griboyedov. By 1825 Odoevsky had begun writing poetry, but few of his early works remained, The Ball , a critique of high society life, being one of them.
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