Count Vasily Vasilievich Kapnist (Russian: Василий Васильевич Капнист, 23 February 1758 – 9 November 1823), was a Russian poet, playwright and nobleman of Greek and Ukrainian Cossack origin, who was known as an active critic of serfdom in Russia and as a proponent of restoration of the Zaporozhian host in the region of southern Ukraine.
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23 February 1758
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9 November 1823 (aged 65)
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