Noun
Russian composer (1804-1857)
Source: WordNetBallet took root in Russia after its importation from France, and classical music became firmly established with the compositions of Mikhail Glinka (1804–1857). Source: Internet
However, the real birth of Russian opera came with Mikhail Glinka and his two great operas A Life for the Tsar (1836) and Ruslan and Lyudmila (1842). Source: Internet