Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (years of life October 15, 1814 - July 27, 1841), the author of one of the most famous poems - "Borodino". Written in 1837, after the poem was set to music, it spread widely as a folk song. The famous novels and poems "A Hero of Our Time", "Vadim", "Prisoner of the Caucasus" (1828), "Hadji Abrek" (1833-1834), "Boyarin Orsha" (1835-1836), "Mtsyri" (1839) belong to his pen. "Demon" (1839).