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Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin (Russian: Михаи́л Евгра́фович Салтыко́в-Щедри́н, IPA: [mʲɪxɐˈil jɪvˈɡrafəvʲɪtɕ səltɨˈkof ɕːɪˈdrʲin]; 27 January [O.S. 15 January] 1826 – 10 May [O.S. 28 April] 1889), born Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov and known during his lifetime by the pen name ...
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- Novelist, journalist, short story writer, playwright, civil administrator, magazine editor
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin was born on Jan. 27 1826 and would go on to become one of the most controversial writers of his day. Described by his contemporaries as a “writer of sarcasm and...
SALTYKOV-SHCHEDRIN, MIKHAIL YEVGRAFOVICH (1826 – 1889), one of Russia's greatest satirists. Writing for leading radical journals of his time, Sovremennik (The Contemporary) (1862 – 1865) and Otechestvennye zapiski (Notes of the Fatherland) (1868 – 1889), Saltykov (pen name Shchedrin) created the most biting satires in Russian literature.
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Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov (Russian: Михаил Евграфович Салтыков) (January 27, [O.S. 15 January] 1826 in Spas-Ugol village, Tver guverniya – May 10, [O.S. 28 April] 1889 in Saint Petersburg), better known under his penname Shchedrin (Щедрин), was a leading Russian satirist of the nineteenth century.
Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin, born Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov and known during his lifetime by the pen name Nikolai Shchedrin, was a major Russian writer and satirist of the 19th century. He spent most of his life working as a civil servant in various capacities.
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin Born on January 27, 1826, in the province of Tver, he is best known for his critical and satirical portrayal of the Russian society, bureaucracy, and aristocracy. His most famous works include 'The History of a Town' and 'The Golovlyov Family'.
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin (original surname Saltykov) was a Russian satirical writer. He spent a significant part of his life working for different government agencies. In his writings he illustrated and ridiculed corruption, overgrown bureaucracy, everyday absurdities and other flaws in the system he had seen up close and personal.
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