KORSAKOV Petr

(1790 - 1844).
Seventeen years old he went to the service at the Russian mission in Holland, where he remained until 1810, and studied the Dutch language and literature. Typed it in "Son of the Fatherland", "Library for Reading" and "Notes of the Fatherland" translations of Dutch poets - Ioosta van der Fondelya, Katsu, Yak. Bellamy, Bilderdeyka and others - although unsuccessful in structure, but also reproduce the originals with great precision. Returning to Russia, published a magazine Korsakov: "Russian hermit, or observer of national manners, who had continued under the title:" Northern Observer "(both came out in 1817). In 1840, Korsakov began, along with beets, the publication of "Mayak", where Korsakov placed the translated and original poems, epigrams (under the pseudonym Kolomenskij sourdough), stories, historical and literary articles.