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What is this eternity to me without you? What is the infinity of my domains? Empty ringing words, A spacious temple - without a divinity!
Mikhail Lermontov
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Mikhail Lermontov
Age: 27 †
Born: 1814
Born: January 1
Died: 1841
Died: July 27
Artist
Military Officer
Novelist
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Moscow
Russian SFSR
Michail Jur'evič Lermontov
Mikhail I︠U︡rʹevich Lermontov
Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов
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