Aleksandr Petrovich Sumarokov (Russian: "Александр Петрович Сумароков") (1717-1774) 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.
Aleksandr Petrovich Sumarokov (Russian: "Александр Петрович Сумароков") (1717-1774) was a Russian poet and playwright who single-handedly created Neoclassical theatre in Russia. Hailed by D.S. Mirsky as "the father of the Russian literary profession", he helped Mikhail Lomonosov to inaugurate the reign of classicism in Russian literature.