
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov was a Russian writer, poet and painter who is considered the greatest figure in Russian Romanticism. He is best known for his poetry and the novel A Hero of Our Time, which is considered to be the founding stone of the psychological novel in Russia.
The correct pronunciation of Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov is Me-ha-yil Yu-rye-veech Yehr-mohn-tof.