Biography

Vasili Zhukovsky was born on February 9, 1783 in Mishenskoe, Tula Governorate, Russian Empire [now Tula Oblast, Russia]. He was a writer, known for Barbara the Fair with the Silken Hair (1970), Ryska snuvan (1937) and Prodelki v starinnom dukhe (1986). He was married to Elisabeth von Reutern. He died on April 24, 1852 in Baden-Baden, Grand Duchy of Baden [now Baden-Württemberg, Germany].