Masquerade (Russian: Маскарад ) is a verse play written in 1835 by the Russian Romantic writer Mikhail Lermontov. The four-act play, set in 1830's St. Petersburg aristocratic society, highlights the rebellious spirit and noble mind of the protagonist, Yevgeny Arbenin. It is often compared with Shakespeare's "Othello" in its essential story line.
Mikhail Lermontov was born in 1805.
His year of birth is never mentioned in the text. It's difficult because other years are contained within the text and that is enough to trick the system I guess.