Yevgeny Abramovich Baratynsky was a Russian poet. He made a great contribution to the Golden Age of Russian poetry.
Background
Yevgeny Abramovich Baratynsky was born on March 2, 1800, in Vyazhlya, Tambov oblast, Russian Federation. He belonged to the Galician gentry family Boratynsky. His father, Abram Andreyevich Baratynsky was a retired lieutenant general, a participant in the Russian-Swedish war (1788-1790), was in the retinue of Emperor Paul the First, was commander of the Life Guards of the Grenadier Regiment and inspector of the Estland Division. His mother, Alexandra Fedorovna was a gentlewoman of Empress Maria Fedorovna.
Education
At the end of December 1812, Yevgeny Abramovich entered the Page Corps from which he was expelled at the age of 15 after stealing a snuffbox and five hundred roubles from the bureau of his accessory's uncle. After three years in the countryside and deep emotional turmoil, he entered the army as a private.
At the beginning of 1819, Yevgeny Baratynsky entered the ranks of the Life Guards Jaeger Regiment. On January 4, 1820, he was promoted to non-commissioned officers and appointed to the Neyshlot infantry regiment. Yevgeny Baratynsky spends the following years serving in the fortress of Kyumen and Friedrichsgame, Rochensalm (Kotka) and Wilmanstrand. Here he composed his first long poem "Eda", which established his reputation. On April 21, 1825, he was promoted to ensign. Through the interest of friends, he obtained leave from the Emperor to retire from the army, and he settled in 1827 in Muranovo just north of Moscow (now a literary museum). There he completed his longest work, The Gipsy, a poem written in the style of Pushkin.