About “Farewell, Unwashed Russia”
Farewell, Unwashed Russia is a poem by Mikhail Lermontov. It was written during his final exile from Russian capital cities. The poem was never published by Lermontov, and he did not sign it. The first reference to the poem appeared 32 years after his death, leading to debate about its authorship. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)