Count Vasily Vasilievich Kapnist, was a Russian poet, playwright and nobleman who was known as an active critic of serfdom in Russia and as a proponent of restoration of the Zaporozhian host in the region of southern Ukraine. Kapnist was the grandson of a Greek merchant from Zakynthos. He was a descendant of the noble family of Capnissi.
- Occupation
- linguist, poet, writer, playwright
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire, Cossack Hetmanate
- Born
- February 12, 1758, 1757, February 23, 1758
- Died
- October 28, 1823, 1823, November 10, 1823
