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Koltsov, Aleksey Vasilyevich

Koltsov, Aleksey Vasilyevich əlyĭksyā´s vəē´lyəvĭch kəltsof´[key], 1809–42, Russian poet. Although he had little formal education, he studied great works of literature and became well known for his fresh, unsophisticated lyrics on themes of peasant life published asStikhotvoreniya[poetry-making] (1835).

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