Alexander Griboedov (1795-1829), described by Pushkin as the cleverest man of his generation, is best known as the author of Woe from Wit .
Betsy Hulick has translated Russian poets and playwrights, including Pushkin and Chekhov, and her translation of Gogol\'s Inspector General was produced on Broadway..
While serving on a diplomatic mission to Persia in the aftermath of the 1826-1828 Russo-Persian War, he was brutally murdered when a mob assaulted the Russian embassy in Tehran.
Alexander Griboedov (1795-1829), described by Pushkin as the cleverest man of his generation, is best known as the author of Woe from Wit