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Ivan Petrovych Kotlyarevsky (Ukrainian: Іван Петрович Котляревський) (9 September [O.S. 29 August] 1769, Poltava – 10 November [O.S. 29 October] 1838, Poltava), was a Ukrainian writer, poet and playwright, regarded as the pioneer of modern Ukrainian literature.
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