Editing Vasily Zhukovsky (section)

{{Short description|Russian poet (1783–1852)}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Vasily Zhukovsky
| image        = Bryullov portrait of Zhukovsky.jpg
| caption      = Portrait by [[Karl Bryullov]], 1837–38
| birth_name   = Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky
| birth_date   = 9 February 1783
| birth_place  = Mishenskoe, [[Belyovsky Uyezd]], [[Tula Governorate]], [[Russian Empire]]
| death_date   = {{death date and age|df=y|1852|4|24|1783|2|9}}
| death_place  = [[Baden-Baden]], [[Grand Duchy of Baden]], [[German Confederation]]
| occupation   = [[Poet]]
| spouse       = {{marriage|Elizabeth von Reutern|1841}}
| issue        = two, including [[Alexandra Zhukovskaya]]}}{{Expand Russian|Жуковский, Василий Андреевич|date=October 2024|topic=bio}}{{Conservatism in Russia|Intellectuals}}
'''Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky''' ({{langx|ru|Васи́лий Андре́евич Жуко́вский}}; {{OldStyleDate|9 February|1783|29 January}} – {{OldStyleDate|24 April|1852|12 April}}) was the foremost Russian poet of the 1810s and a leading figure in [[Russian literature]] in the first half of the 19th century.  He held a high position at the [[Romanov]] court as tutor to the [[Alexandra Feodorovna (Charlotte of Prussia)|Grand Duchess Alexandra Feodorovna]] and later to her son, the future tsar [[Alexander II of Russia|Alexander II]].

Zhukovsky is credited with introducing the [[Romanticism|Romantic movement]] into Russia. The main body of his literary output consists of free translations covering an impressively wide range of poets, from ancients like [[Ferdowsi]] and [[Homer]] to his contemporaries [[Goethe]], [[Schiller]], [[Byron]], and others. Many of his translations have become classics of Russian literature, regarded by some to be better written and more enduring in Russian than in their original languages.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://max.mmlc.northwestern.edu/mdenner/Demo/poetpage/zhukovsky.html|title=Vasily Andreevich Zhukovsky|website=max.mmlc.northwestern.edu|access-date=2016-08-12}}</ref>