Free society of lovers of Russian literature

The Free Society of Lovers of Russian Literature (Russian: Вольное общество любителей российской словесности) was a literary association that existed from 1816 to 1825 in Saint Petersburg . The group was close to the Decembrists , its chairman from 1819 Fyodor Glinka . The group's writers included A. Alexander Bestuschew , his brother Nikolaj Bestuschew, Anton Delwig , Nikolaj Gneditsch, Alexander Gribojedow , Wilhelm Küchelbecker , Kondrati Rylejew and Orest Somow.

After the revolt of the Decembrists was suppressed, the association dissolved.

source

• Karlheinz Kasper: Free Society of Lovers of Russian Literature . In: Herbert Greiner-Mai (ed.): Small dictionary of world literature . VEB Bibliographisches Institut Leipzig 1983. P. 101f.