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  1. Mikhail Mikhailovich Zoshchenko ( Russian: Михаил Михайлович Зощенко; Ukrainian: Михайло Михайлович Зощенко ;10 August [ O.S. 29 July] 1894 – 22 July 1958) was a Soviet and Russian writer and satirist. Biography. Zoshchenko was born in 1894, in Saint Petersburg, Russia, according to his 1953 autobiography.

  2. Apr 17, 2024 · Mikhail Mikhaylovich Zoshchenko (born Aug. 10 [July 29, Old Style], 1895, Poltava, Ukraine, Russian Empire—died July 22, 1958, Leningrad [now St. Petersburg], Russian S.F.S.R., U.S.S.R.) was a Soviet satirist whose short stories and sketches are among the best comic literature of the Soviet period.

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  3. Sept 11 2020. Alexandra Guzeva. Drofa Plyus, 2006; Vladimir Presnyakov/Anna Akhmatova state literary memorial museum. Follow Russia Beyond on Facebook. His books had huge print runs and the whole...

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  4. Mikhail Zoshchenko (Russian: Михаил Зощенко) was born in Poltava, Ukraine, on 29th July, 1895. He studied law at the University of Petersburg, but did not graduate. During the First World War Zoshchenko served in the Russian Army. A supporter of the October Revolution, Zoshchenko joined the Red Army and fought against the Whites in ...

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  5. Overview. Mikhail Zoshchenko is relatively unknown outside of Russian literature, but he was the most popular satirist in the Soviet Union from the early 1920s until 1946, when he was expelled from the Union of Russian Writers and his works banned.

  6. Oct 2, 2009 · I fear that the name of one of the most famous successors to the Gogolian tradition in Soviet literature, Mikhail Zoshchenko (1894-1958), is not too well know to the English. He wrote most of...

  7. Mikhail Zoshchenko was a Soviet Russian author and satirist. Born on August 29, 1894, in Poltava, he is best known for his short stories that satirize the absurdities of life in Soviet Russia. His works often feature ironic and simple language, which made them popular among the Soviet people.

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