Svinʹin, Pavel Petrovich, 1788-1839
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- Opyt zhivopisnago puteshestvīi︠a︡ po Si︠e︡vernoĭ Ameriki︠e︡, 1815:
- Dostopami︠a︡tnosti Sankt-Peterburga i ego okrestnosteĭ, 1997:
- Brokgauz-Efron Ėnt︠s︡. slovarʹ:
- Some details concerning General Moreau, 1814:
- OCLC, May 22, 2010
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Pavel Petrovich Svinyin or Svinin (Russian: Па́вел Петро́вич Свиньи́н; 19 June 1787 – 21 April 1839) was a prolific Russian writer, painter, and editor known as a "Russian Munchausen" for many exaggerated accounts of his travels. He was Appolon Maykov's brother-in-law and Aleksey Pisemsky's father-in-law.
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