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Afanasy Fet

Russian poet

Lived
1820–1892
Country
Grand Duchy of Hesse

Updated September 2026

About Afanasy Fet

Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet, later known as Shenshin, was a Russian poet regarded as the finest master of lyric verse in Russian literature.

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