Alexander Veltman Writer

Alexander Fomich Veltman (Russian: Алекса́ндр Фоми́ч Ве́льтман) (30 July [O.S. 18 July] 1800 — 23 January [O.S. 11 January] 1870) was one of the most successful Russian prose writers of the 1830s and 1840s, "popular for various modes of Romantic fiction — historical, Gothic, fantastic, and folkloristic". He was one of the pioneers of Russian science fiction.

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Alexander Veltman
Birth dateJuly 30, 1800
Birth place
Russia , Russian Empire , Saint Petersburg
Date of deathJanuary 23, 1870
Place of death
Moscow , Russia , Russian Empire

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