Mikhail Glinka

Михаил Глинка · Mikhail Glinka

1804–1857

He wrote some of the first famous Russian operas.

He was born at Novospasskoye, in the Smolensk lands.

He wrote operas that used Russian songs and stories.

Ruslan and Lyudmila is one of them.

Places

  • Smolensk lands
  • Saint Petersburg