Circle of Lvov and Derzhavin

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CIRCLE OF LVOV AND DERZHAVIN, a union of writers, artists and composers formed at the end of the 1770s round N. A. Lvov. The staff of its participants was determined by the unity of aesthetic views, friendly and blood relations. The basis of the circle was represented by G. R. Derzhavin, V. V. Kapnist, I. I. Khemnitser. A. S. Khvostov, M. N. Muravyev, I. I. Dmitriev, A. N. Olenin, A. M. Bakunin, D. G. Levitsky, V. L. Borovikovsky, D. S. Bortnyansky, E. I. Fomin et al. were drawn towards it at different times. The formation of the Circle of Lvov and Derzhavin reflected the re-orientation of the Russian culture from strictly classical artistic principles to the aesthetics of preromanticism. Socialising among members of the circle was the most intense at the end of the 1770s to the beginning of the 1780s and at the end of the 1780s to the beginning of the 1790s. Meetings were held at the place of Derzhavin (112 and 118 Fontanka River Embankment), Levitsky (23 Kadetskaya Line, today Syezdovskaya Line) et al.

References: Западов В. А. "Львовский кружок" и Г. Р. Державин // XXI Герценовские чтения: Филол. науки. Л., 1968. С. 83-85; Лаппо-Данилевский К. Ю. О литературном наследии Н. А. Львова // Львов Н. А. Избр. соч. Кёльн; Веймар; Вена; СПб., 1994. С. 7-22.

V. A. Kuznetsov, D. N. Cherdakov. Bakunin Alexander Mikhailovich
Borovikovsky Vladimir Lukich
Bortnyansky Dmitry Stepanovich
Derzhavin Gavriil Romanovich
Dmitriev Ivan Ivanovich
Fomin Evstigney Ipatovich
Kapnist Vasily Vasilievich
Khemnitser Ivan Ivanovich
Khvostov Alexander Semenovich
Levitsky Dmitry Grigorievich
Lvov Nikolay Alexandrovich
Muravyev Mikhail Nikitich
Muravyev Mikhail Nikolaevich
Olenin Alexey Nikolaevich
Fontanka River Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 118
Fontanka River Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 112
Siezdovskaya Line of Vasilievsky Island/Saint Petersburg, city, house 23
Западов В. А. "Львовский кружок" и Г. Р. Державин // XXI Герценовские чтения: Филол. науки. Л., 1968
Лаппо-Данилевский К. Ю. О литературном наследии Н. А. Львова // Львов Н. А. Избр. соч. Кёльн; Веймар; Вена; СПб., 1994