Alexander Sumarokov

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Alexander Sumarokov
Portrait by Anton Losenko
Born	25 November 1717 Lappeenranta, Sweden
Died	12 October 1777(1777-10-12) (aged 59) Moscow, Russia
Children	Ekaterina

Alexander Petrovich Sumarokov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Петро́вич Сумаро́ков; 25 November 1717 [O.S. 14 November], Moscow – 12 October 1777 [O.S. 1 October]) was a Russian poet and playwright who single-handedly created classical theatre in Russia, thus assisting Mikhail Lomonosov to inaugurate the reign of classicism in Russian literature.