Bestushev, ALEXANDER, a Russian novelist, born in 1795, was an officer in the guards, and became involved in the military conspiracy of 1825, in consequence of which he was degraded to the ranks, and exiled to Yakutsk. After long entreaty he was permitted to enter the army of the Caucasus as a private in 1830. In June 1837 he fell in a skirmish with the as yet unconquered mountaineers. His novels and sketches bore the impress of his own life and adventures in the Caucasus.
Bestushev, ALEXANDER
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 107
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