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Yakov Polonsky and Afanasy Fet, Russian poets, c1890. Polonsky (1820-1898) was a leading poet in the Romantic tradition of Pushkin. Several Russian composers, including Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff, put his poems to music. Fet (1820-1892) was one of the pre-eminent Russian poets of the last quarter of the 19th century, and exerted a strong influence on Alexander Blok and the Symbolist poets. Found in the collection of the State Museum of AS Pushkin, Moscow. Found in the collection of the State Museum of AS Pushkin, Moscow.