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See also:BARATYNSKI, JEWGENIJ ABRAMOVICH (1800-1844) , See also:Russian poet, was educated at the royal school at St See also:Petersburg and then entered the See also:army. He served for eight years in See also:Finland, where he composed his first poem Eda. Through the See also:interest of See also:friends he obtained leave from the See also:tsar to retire fromthe army, and settled in 1827 near See also:Moscow. There he completed his See also:chief See also:work The Gipsy, a poem written in the See also:style of See also:Pushkin. He'died in 1844 at See also:Naples, whither he had gone for the See also:sake of the milder See also:climate. A collected edition of his poems appeared at St Petersburg, in 2 vols. in 1835; later See also:editions, Moscow 1869, and Kazan 1884. BARB. (1) (From See also:Lat. barba, a See also:beard), a See also:term used in various senses, of the folds of mucous membrane under the See also:tongue of horses and See also:cattle, and of a disease affecting that See also:part, of the wattles See also:round the mouth of the See also:barbel, of the backward turned points of an arrow and of the piece of folded See also:linen worn over the See also:neck by nuns. (2) (From Fr. barbe, meaning " from See also:Barbary "), a name applied to a breed of horses imported by the See also:Moors into See also:Spain from Barbary, and to a breed of pigeons. End of Article: BARATYNSKI, JEWGENIJ ABRAMOVICH (1800-1844)Additional information and CommentsThere are no comments yet for this article.
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