Alfred Karpovich

Translator Alfred E. Karpovich earned his advanced degrees in Moscow and taught and performed linguistic research in Leningrad and New York. He worked as a translator for the Soviet Foreign Relatio...view moreTranslator Alfred E. Karpovich earned his advanced degrees in Moscow and taught and performed linguistic research in Leningrad and New York. He worked as a translator for the Soviet Foreign Relations Department and his translation work has been widely published. He retired in 2000. Playwright Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov (1814–1841) was one of Russia’s greatest poets and writers. He was homeschooled, later attended boarding school with the sons of nobility, and continued his education at Moscow University, where he started to write poetry under the influence of Lord Byron.view less