Arseny Golenishchev-Kutuzov


Arseny Arkadyevich Goleníshchev-Kutúzov, was a Russian poet known in part for writing the texts of Modest Mussorgsky's two song cycles of the 1870s: Sunless and Songs and Dances of Death.
He was the son of , a senator and state secretary for the Kingdom of Poland, and the grandson of , governor-general of St. Petersburg 1825-1830.