Kozma Petrovich Prutkov is a fictional author invented by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817-1875) and his cousins, the brothers Alexei Zhemchuzhnikov (1821–1908), Vladimir Zhemchuzhnikov (1830–1884) and Alexander Zhemchuzhnikov (1826–1896), during the later part of the rule (1825–1855) of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia.
- Occupation
- poet, hussar, writer, historian
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Born
- April 11, 1803
- Died
- January 13, 1863
