Bogdanovich, IPPOLYT FEDOROVICH, a Russian poet, born in 1743, became president of the imperial archives in 1788, and died near Kursk in 1803. The mock-heroic Dushenka (1778), the best of his poems, is based on the story of Psyche, and is characterised by a refined and graceful style, and vivacious playfulness of language. His works were collected in 6 vols. (1810).
Bogdanovich, IPPOLYT FEDOROVICH
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 263–264
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