Denis Davydov

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Denis Davydov
Денис Давыдов
Portrait by George Dawe
Born	27 July 1784 Moscow, Russian Empire
Died	4 May 1839 (aged 54) Syzransky Uyezd, Simbirsk Governorate, Russian Empire
Known for	Hussar poetry Guerrilla Warfare
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Denis Vasilyevich Davydov (Russian: Дени́с Васи́льевич Давы́дов, pronounced [dʲɪˈnʲis vɐˈsʲilʲjɪvʲɪdʑ dɐˈvɨdəf] ^ⓘ; 27 July [O.S. 16 July] 1784 – 4 May [O.S. 22 April] 1839) was a Russian soldier-poet of the Napoleonic Wars who invented the genre of hussar poetry, characterised by hedonism and bravado. He used events from his own life to illustrate such poetry. He suggested and successfully pioneered guerrilla warfare in the Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon.^[1][2]