dramatist Soldier statesman poet
Marin Sergey Nikiforovich was born on January 18, 1776 Voronezh, Russian Federation. He was the son of Voronezh Vice-Governor Marin Nikifor Mikhailovich and his wife Maria Ivanovna (nee Nevezhina). According to family tradition, Marin comes from Italian architect Marini, who came to Russia with Aristotle Fioravanti.
Sergey Nikiforovich graduated from the Central Folk School (Voronezh, 1789). Since 1790 he served in The Preobrazhensky Lifeguard Regiment.
At the beginning of the Patriotic War of 1812 was the general on duty at P.I. Bagration. He was wounded twice. Sergey Nikiforovich was a member of A.N. Olenin’s literary section. Marin translated several works by N. Boileau and Voltaire’s tragedy Mérope.
In 1983 a publication of works by Marina and M.V Milonov, prepared by Boris Timofeevich Udodov, was published in Voronezh. A number of essays was published in the journal "Dramatic Bulletin" (Saint Petersburg, 1808).
He wrote satirical poems, songs, friendly messages, epigrams, all sorts of parodies.
Nikifor Mikhailovich Marin (May 1736 - December 14, 1811) was a colonel, later Acting State Counselor, member of the Seven Years War and in the 1st Turkish Campaign of 1768. Vice-Governor of the Voronezh Province, Governor of the Novgorod Province.
Yevgeniy Nikiforovich Marin (1778-1843) was a colonel of the Russian Imperial Army, from the noble family of the Marins, a participant in the battles of Austerlitz, Geisberg and Friedland.
