Alexander Veltman

Alexander Fomich Veltman
Born30 July [O.S. 18 July] 1800
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Died23 January [O.S. 11 January] 1870
Moscow, Russia
OccupationNovelist

Alexander Fomich Veltman (Russian: Алекса́ндр Фоми́ч Ве́льтман; 20 July [O.S. 8 July] 1800 — 23 January [O.S. 11 January] 1870) was a Russian poet and novelist. He was one of the most successful Russian prose writers of the 1830s and 1840s, "popular for various modes of Romantic fiction — historical, Gothic, fantastic, and folkloristic". He was one of the pioneers of Russian science fiction.

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