Mikhail Matveyevich Kheraskov was a Russian poet and playwright. A leading figure of the Russian Enlightenment, Kheraskov was regarded as the most important Russian poet by Catherine the Great and her contemporaries.
- Occupation
- linguist, poet, playwright, writer
- Position held
- Rector of Moscow State University, Q135475019
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Born
- October 25, 1733, November 5, 1733
- Died
- September 27, 1807, October 9, 1807
