Alexander Shishkov | |
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 A portrait from the Military Gallery, by George Dawe. | |
| Native name | Алекса́ндр Семёнович Шишко́в |
| Born | 20 March 1754 Moscow |
| Died | 21 April 1841 (aged 87) Saint Petersburg |
| Occupation | Statesman, writer, and admiral |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Notable works | The Trilingual Naval Dictionary |
Alexander Semyonovich Shishkov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Семёнович Шишко́в; 20 March [O.S. 9 March] 1754 – 21 April [O.S. 9 April] 1841) was a Russian writer, literary critic, philologist, memoirist, military and statesman, Admiral (1824). He created a new trend in Russian literature, called "postafactum" [sic], a type of archaism.