Ivan Barkov

Ivan Barkov

Ivan Semyonovich Barkov (Russian: Ива́н Семёнович Барко́в; ; c. 1732–1768) was a Russian poet, the author of erotic "Shameful Odes". He was a student of Mikhail Lomonosov, whose works he frequently parodied. He was also a translator and editor at the Russian Academy of Sciences.