Orest Mikhailovich Somov (Russian: Орест Михайлович Сомов; 21 December [O.S.
[1] He studied at Kharkiv University, where he became an admirer of Romantic literature and Gothic fiction.
In addition to being a writer and translator, he established himself as a critic, editor and publisher, thus becoming one of the first professional men of letters in the Russian Empire.
His works on Ukrainian themes made a big impact on the literary canon of the 1820s.
After his death, although Orest Somov's works were included in anthologies of 19th-century Russian literature, he was forgotten by the general public.