About Vasily Lyovshin
Lived 1746 – 1826 (aged 79). Vasily Lyovshin was a Russian writer.
Vasily Alekseyevich Lyovshin (; July 17, 1746 – August 10, 1826) was a Russian writer.
Born in Smolensk, he wrote on agricultural and economic subjects and was close to Nikolay Novikov's circle.
Lyovshin's utopian novel Noveysheye puteshestviye (The Newest Voyage, 1784) contains the first Russian fictional flight to the Moon.
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Who was Vasily Lyovshin?
Russian writer
When was Vasily Lyovshin born?
Vasily Lyovshin was born on 6 August 1746 in Smolensk.
When did Vasily Lyovshin die?
Vasily Lyovshin died on 29 July 1826.
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Vasily Lyovshin was a writer.
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Vasily Lyovshin was Russian.
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