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Ermil Kostrov

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  • Fame38.5
  • Momentum0.0
  • Wikipedia197
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Lived 1755–1796, aged 41
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    6 languages
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  • Era
    1755–1796
    Aged 41
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Updated 2026-07-05

Ermil or Yermil Ivanovich Kostrov was a Russian poet who first translated the Iliad into Russian. His father was a peasant from the Vyatka Governorate. Kostrov was educated in the Slavic Greek Latin Academy and received an annual pension from the Moscow University for odes and other poems he would write for special occasions. He lived in abject poverty and was prone to alcoholism. Apart from light verse and a book of odes, he also produced the first Russian translations of Ossian's poems and The Golden Ass.

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Source confidence35.0
Completeness60.0
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