Sumarokov Alexander Petrovich - Russian poet, writer and playwright. Sumarokov's work develops within the framework of classicism. His literary activity is characterized by a variety of tried genres: odes, epistles (messages), satires, elegies, songs, epigrams, madrigals, epitaphs. Sumarokov created a large number of lyrical works in the genre of love songs. In his works of satirical genres (fables, comedies, satires, epigrams) he often ridicules empty class swagger and abuse of landowner power.