Alexander Alexandrovich Bestuzhev (Russian: Александр Александрович Бестужев; 3 November 1797 – 19 June 1837), was a Russian writer and Decembrist. After the Decembrist revolt he was sent into exile to Caucasus where Russian Empire was waging the war against the Caucasian peoples. There writing under the pseudonym Marlinsky (Russian: Марлинский) he became known as a romantic poet, short story writer and novelist. His works for a time were more popular than those of Alexander Pushkin He was killed in the exile in a skirmish.