Alexander Odoevsky
Alexander Ivanovich Odoevsky | |
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Portrait by Nikolay Bestuzhev | |
| Native name | Александр Иванович Одоевский |
| Born | 8 December 1802 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Died | 22 October 1839 (aged 36) Psezuape, Russian Empire |
| Language | Russian |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Genre | Poetry, drama |
| Notable works | Prophetic strings' igniting sounds |
Alexander Ivanovich Odoevsky (Russian: Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Одо́евский, romanized: Aleksandr Ivanovich Odoevskiy, November 26 (December 8), 1802 – October 10 (22) or August 15 (27), 1839) was a Russian poet and playwright, one of the leading figures of the 1825 Decembrist revolt. One of Odoevsky's lines, "Iz iskry vozgoritsa plamya" (Из искры возгорится пламя, One spark will start a flame), has come down in history as a long-lasting slogan of the Russian revolutionary movement. It was chosen as a motto (signed as: the "Decembrists' reply to Pushkin") for the Lenin-founded newspaper Iskra, also giving the magazine its title, which means "spark".