PETER ALEXIEVICH PLAVISTSHIKOFF
\pˈiːtəɹ ɐlˈɛksiːvˌɪt͡ʃ plˈavɪstʃˌɪkɒf], \pˈiːtəɹ ɐlˈɛksiːvˌɪtʃ plˈavɪstʃˌɪkɒf], \p_ˈiː_t_ə_ɹ ɐ_l_ˈɛ_k_s_iː_v_ˌɪ_tʃ p_l_ˈa_v_ɪ_s_t_ʃ_ˌɪ_k_ɒ_f]\
Definitions of PETER ALEXIEVICH PLAVISTSHIKOFF
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A Russian dramatist; born at Moscow, 1760; died there, 1812. Besides lyric and didactic poems, he wrote these dramatic pieces: "Ruric, Founder of the Russian Monarchy"; "Takmass Kuli Khan, Prince of Siberia"; "Yermak, Conqueror of Siberia"; "The Landless Peasant"; "The American Savages".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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