Lermontov

[ lair-muh n-tawf, -tof; Russian lyer-muh n-tuh f ]

/ ˈlɛər mənˌtɔf, -ˌtɒf; Russian ˈlyɛr mən təf /

Mi·kha·il Yu·rie·vich

[myi-khuh-yeel yoo-ryi-vyich] /myɪ xʌˈyil ˈyu ryɪ vyɪtʃ/,1814–41, Russian poet and novelist.

Example sentences from the Web for lermontov

Human love and happiness fall second to art: “Life is unimportant,” says Lermontov.

Scorsese's Movie Obsession |Anne McElvoy |May 15, 2009 |DAILY BEAST
In this poem Lermontov reaches the high-water mark of his descriptive powers.

An Outline of Russian Literature |Maurice Baring
Pushkin's brother poet Lermontov, then an officer of the Guards, wrote a poem demanding vengeance for Pushkin's death.

A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year |Edwin Emerson
This does not mean that Lermontov is inferior to the Western romantic poets.

An Outline of Russian Literature |Maurice Baring

The name Lermontov is said to be the same as the Scotch Learmonth.

An Outline of Russian Literature |Maurice Baring
This is the very reason why the Byronian influence, at the time of Pushkin and Lermontov, lasted such a short time.

Contemporary Russian Novelists |Serge Persky

Lermontov

/ (Russian ˈljɛrməntəf) /

Mikhail Yurievich (mixaˈil ˈjurjɪvitʃ). 1814–41, Russian novelist and poet: noted esp for the novel A Hero of Our Time (1840)