Aleksey Zhemchuzhnikov Writer

Aleksey Mikhailovich Zhemchuzhnikov (Russian: Алексе́й Миха́йлович Жемчу́жников, February 11 (23), 1821 - March 25 (April 7), 1908) was a Russian poet, dramatist, essayist and literary critic, a nephew of Antony Pogorelsky, a cousin to A.K. Tolstoy and co-creator of Kozma Prutkov, the famous mid-nineteenth century comical literary character.