Pavel Romanovich Braslavsky

Background

Pavel Romanovich Braslavsky was born on January 11 (23), 1821 in Odessa, Odes'ka Oblast', Ukraine. His father was a subaltern officer.

Education

In 1842, Pavel Romanovich graduated from the legal department of the Richelieu Lyceum in Odessa.

Career

Since 1842, Pavel Romanovich held the post of clerical officer in Odessa Trade Customs, in 1847 was transferred to the post of the head of Odessa port customs department. From 1853 to 1856 Pavel Romanovich worked as secretary of Odessa Customs District head. Between 1858 and 1864 he was an official of special assignments in the office of the mayor. From 1870 to 1883 Pavel Romanovich served as a member of Odessa city government.

The first literary work of Pavel Romanovich was a poetry collection named Poems, published in 1844. V. Belinsky in his review of Poems noted that the works of Braslavsky were stylistically archaic; he also considered the author to be a romantic poet only in his feelings, but the structure of his poems was completely classical.

References

• Russian writers. 1800-1917. Biographical Dictionary. Volume 1
  1989