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Portrait or photograph of Mikhail Lermontov: Russian poet Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov

Virtual Memorial

Mikhail Lermontov

A Memory Realm virtual memorial place honoring Mikhail Lermontov, remembered for Poetry, A Hero of Our Time, Russian Romanticism.

1814 - 1841Pyatigorsk, Russia
Portrait or photograph of Mikhail Lermontov: Russian poet Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov
Russian poet Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov А. И. Клюндер, бумага, акварель, Институт русской литературы, Санкт-Петербург, book "Places connected with names of famous Russian writers" (источник: Литературные места России. Москва: Издательство "Советская Россия", 1987), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commo

Why Mikhail Lermontov Is Remembered

Mikhail Lermontov is remembered for poetry, a hero of our time, russian romanticism. This public page gives visitors a concise starting point for understanding why this figure remains part of cultural, civic, scientific, or literary memory.

The page is designed as an accessible introduction rather than an exhaustive account, with source links and image credits kept visible for further reading.

A Virtual Memorial in Memory Realm

This Memory Realm memorial hall turns a map reference into a virtual place for discovery. Visitors can move from the public page to the map and then into a 3D memorial hall connected to Mikhail Lermontov.

The place is part of Memory Realm's virtual layer. It is not a physical marker and does not claim rights, control, access, endorsement, or affiliation connected to a real-world site.

Place Context

Pyatigorsk, Russia is used as a broad spatial reference for this memorial hall because it is connected to Mikhail Lermontov's story, memory, or public legacy. The location is intentionally city-level or region-level so the page can provide orientation without implying a claim over a specific property or institution.

Historical Context

Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov was a Russian Romantic writer, poet and painter, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucasus", the most important Russian poet after Alexander Pushkin's death in 1837 and the greatest figure in Russian Romanticism. His influence on Russian literature is felt in modern times, through his poetry, but also his prose, which founded the tradition of the Russian psychological novel.

Memory Realm presents this context for educational discovery and remembrance, with public source links and media attribution preserved alongside the page content.

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Portrait or photograph of Mikhail Lermontov: Russian poet Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov

Russian poet Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov

Kirill Gorbunov, http://www.rosculture.ru/milestones/day/show/?id=13911, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Portrait or photograph of Mikhail Lermontov: Russian poet Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov

Russian poet Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov

А.И. Клюндер, http://lermontov.niv.ru/lermontov/family/portret.htm, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Portrait or photograph of Mikhail Lermontov: Mikhail Lermontov

Mikhail Lermontov

Гравюра Ивана Ивановича Матюшина (1884) с карандашного рисунка Палена, http://dlib.rsl.ru/rsl01003000000/rsl01003902000/rsl01003902325/rsl01003902325.pdf Русские деятели в портретах, изданных редакцией исторического журнала "Русская старина". Второе собрание.

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