Nikolai Martynov
Nikolai Martynov, watercolor by Thomas Wright
Nikolai Solomonovich Martynov (Russian: Николай Соломонович Мартынов) (1815–1875) was the Russian army officer who fatally shot the poet Mikhail Lermontov in a duel on July 27, 1841, despite Lermontov's supposedly having made it known that he was going to shoot into the air.
Sources
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "article name needed". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
External links
- S. K. Kravchenko (1981). "МАРТЫ́НОВ Николай Соломонович (1815—75)" [Nikolai Solomonovich Martynov (1815-75)]. Lermontov Encyclopedia. Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Retrieved March 21, 2011. (Russian)
- L. M. Arinstein, V. A. Manuilov (1981). "ДУЭЛИ Лермонтова" [Duels of Lermontov]. Lermontov Encyclopedia. Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Retrieved March 21, 2011. (Russian)
- Brief Biography of Lermontov with mention of the duel (English)
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