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Mikhail Saltykov was born on 27 January 1826 in the village of Spas-Ugol (modern-day Taldomsky District of the Moscow Oblast of Russia) as one of the eight children (five brothers and three sisters) in the large Russian noble family of Yevgraf Vasilievich Saltykov (1776–1851) and Olga Mikhaylovna Saltykova (née Zabelina; 1801–74).
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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, Portrait by I.N. Kramskoi. 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 ...
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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 .
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. After the death of poet Nikolay Nekrasov, he acted as editor of a Russian literary magazine Otechestvenniye Zapiski ...
Search for: 'Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin' in Oxford Reference ». (1826–89)Russian writer. His first play, Dramatic Scenes and Monologues, an adaptation of his Provincial Sketches (1856) and a satire on bureaucratic rule, was prohibited by the censor. Mrs Muzovkin's ...
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin. Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin was a prominent Russian satirist of the 19th century. 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 ...
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