Jean-Marie Chopin

'''Jean-Marie Chopin''' ({{langx|ru|Иван Шопен}}; born in 1796 in Saint Petersburg; died 15 February 1871 in Paris) was a French-Russian explorer of the Caucasus.{{Cn|date=September 2021}} Son of a French sculptor and employed by Catherine II of Russia, Chopin began his career as secretary and librarian to Prince Alexander Kurakin, Russian ambassador to France for 12 years.<ref>{{cite book|title=Marquis de Custine: "Russia in 1839", Revue de Paris , volume twelfth|date=1843|page=271}}</ref> In 1812 Chopin and Kourakin returned to Russia; after the death of his patron in 1818 Chopin settled in Paris.{{Cn|date=September 2021}}

Chopin wrote "l'Histoire de Russie", "des Révolutions des Peuples du Nord", "Histoire des Provinces Danubiennes","Histoire du Dannemark", "Histoire du Roi de Rome".{{Cn|date=September 2021}} Chopin is known for his 1826 translation of ''The Fountain of Bakhchisaray'' by Alexander Pushkin (''La Fontaine des Pleurs'' in French).<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Barratt|first=Glynn R.|date=1974|title="LA REVUE ENCYCLOPÉDIQUE" AND "MOSKOVSKIJ TELEGRAF": A FRANCO-RUSSIAN JOURNALISTIC LINK|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43801274|journal=Romance Notes|volume=16|issue=1|pages=61–66|jstor=43801274 |issn=0035-7995}}</ref> The book was illustrated by his brother; the music for "Tartar sing" by the translator's wife was printed on the supplementary sheet.{{Cn|date=September 2021}} In Russia, this is the rarest publication of the Poushkine's work published when he was alive.{{Cn|date=September 2021}}

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