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Иван Тургенев

maj 2022 · Litres

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«...Расскажите-ка вы нам что-нибудь, полковник, – сказали мы наконец Николаю Ильичу.Полковник улыбнулся, пропустил струю табачного дыма сквозь усы, провел рукою по седым волосам, посмотрел на нас и задумался. Мы все чрезвычайно любили и уважали Николая Ильича за его доброту, здравый смысл и снисходительность к нашей братье молодежи. Он был высокого роста, плечист и дороден; его смуглое лицо, «одно из славных русских лиц»[1], прямодушный, умный взгляд, кроткая улыбка, мужественный и звучный голос – всё в нем нравилось и привлекало...»

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Ivan Turgenev, 1818 - 1883 Novelist, poet and playwright, Ivan Turgenev, was born to a wealthy family in Oryol in the Ukraine region of Russia. He attended St. Petersburg University (1834-37) and Berlin University (1838-41), completing his master's exam at St. Petersburg. His career at the Russian Civil Service began in 1841. He worded for the Ministry of Interior from 1843-1845. In the 1840's, Turgenev began writing poetry, criticism, and short stories under Nikolay Gogol's influence. "A Sportsman's Sketches" (1852) were short pieces written from the point of view of a nobleman who learns to appreciate the wisdom of the peasants who live on his family's estate. This brought him a month of detention and eighteen months of house arrest. From 1853-62, he wrote stories and novellas, which include the titles "Rudin" (1856), "Dvorianskoe Gnedo" (1859), "Nakanune" (1860) and "Ottsy I Deti" (1862). Turgenev left Russia, in 1856, because of the hostile reaction to his work titled "Fathers and Sons" (1862). Turgenev finally settled in Paris. He became a corresponding member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in 1860 and Doctor of Civil Law at Oxford University in 1879. His last published work, "Poems in Prose," was a collection of meditations and anecdotes. On September 3, 1883, Turgenev died in Bougival, near Paris.