Alexander Bakunin
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Alexander Mikhailovich Bakunin (28 October [O.S. 17 October] 1768 – 18 December [O.S. 6 December] 1854) was a Russian diplomat, a prominent member of the Tver nobility, poet[lower-alpha 1] and publicist from the Bakunin family. He owned the Pryamukhino estate, where he was visited by famous figures of Russian culture including Vissarion Belinsky, Nikolai Stankevich and Timofey Granovsky. He was also the father of the revolutionary socialist Mikhail Bakunin.