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Simeon Polocký

1629 – 1680

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Wikipedia Summary

Symeon (Simeon) of Polotsk or Symeon Polotsky was an academically-trained Baroque poet, dramatist, churchman, and enlightener of Belarusian descent who came from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth to the Tsardom of Russia.

Biographical & Professional Details

Date of birth
December 12, 1629
Polatsak
Date of death
August 25, 1680
Moscow
Citizenship

Tsardom of Russia · Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth · Russia

Occupations & fields
playwrightpoettheologianphilosopher
Field and occupation
ruský mnich a spisovatel
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