Derzhavin

[ der-zhah-vin; Russian dyer-zhah-vyin ]
/ dɛrˈʒɑ vɪn; Russian dyɛrˈʒɑ vyɪn /

noun

Gavril Romanovich [gah-vril roh-mah-nuh-vich; Russian guh-vryil ruh-mah-nuh-vyich] /gɑˈvrɪl roʊˈmɑ nə vɪtʃ; Russian gəˈvryɪl rəˈmɑ nə vyɪtʃ/,1743–1816, Russian poet.

Example sentences from the Web for derzhavin

  • This does not include obsequious authors like Derzhavin and Karamzin.

    Comrade Kropotkin |Victor Robinson

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

    An Outline of Russian Literature |Maurice Baring

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

    Childhood |Leo Tolstoy

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

    Childhood |Leo Tolstoy