Zhukovski
JOUKOVSKI, or SHUKOWS, VASILII ANDREEVICH, a famous Russian poet; born near Bielev, province of Penza, in 1783. He succeeded Karamzin as editor of the "Viestnik Evropui," 1808; was preceptor of the Emperor Alexander II. in his youth, as well of Alexander's mother. He wrote: "The Minstrel in the Russian Camp," a collection of spirited war ballads; lads; "Ziudmilla," "Svietlana," his best work; etc.; and a number of prose essays and tales, the best known of which was "Mary's Grove." He made also numerous translations from the German, English, etc.; his translation of Gray's "Elegy" being one of the finest ever y" being one of the finest ever made. He died in 1852.