Yury Dombrovsky | |
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 Dombrovsky after arrest in 1932 | |
| Born | 12 May [O.S. 29 April] 1909 Moscow, Russian Empire |
| Died | 29 May 1978 (aged 69) Moscow, RSFSR, USSR |
| Occupation | Poet, literary critic, novelist, journalist, archeologist |
| Citizenship | Russian Empire (1909–1917) Soviet Russia (1917–1922) Soviet Union (1922–1978) |
| Notable works | The Faculty of Useless Knowledge |
Yury Osipovich Dombrovsky (Russian: Ю́рий О́сипович Домбро́вский; 12 May [O.S. 29 April] 1909 – 29 May 1978) was a Russian writer who spent nearly eighteen years in Soviet prison camps and exile.