Denis Vasilyevich Davydov (Russian: Дени́с Васи́льевич Давы́дов, 27 July [O.S. 16 July] 1784 – 4 May [O.S. 22 April] 1839) was a Russian soldier-poet of the Napoleonic Wars who invented the genre of hussar poetry, characterised by hedonism and bravado. He used events from his own life to illustrate such poetry.
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27 July 1784 Moscow, Russia
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Died |
4 May 1839 (aged 54) Simbirsk Governorate, Russia
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Zodiac | Leo |
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