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- In his eighties, Saltykov remained a last remnant of the heroic age of reform and progress, universally venerated by all the advanced intelligentsia. His last publication was an applauded collection of satirical fables and tales. He died in St Petersburg and was interred in the Literary Cemetery.
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Mikhail Evgraphovich Saltykov-Schedrin died of stroke in Saint Petersburg and was interred in the Volkovo Cemetery, next to Turgenev, according to his last wish. [8]
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The writer’s double-barreled surname, Saltykov-Shchedrin, shows his dual life. For many years he was simply Mikhail Saltykov – a nobleman by birth who had built a successful career as a civil servant and was the vice-governor of the Ryazan and Tver provinces – and Nikolai Shchedrin, a writer and social commentator, Saltykov’s pseudonym. He caught t...
Gradually, Shchedrin the writer displaced Saltykov the official. In 1868, when renowned Russian poet and journalist Nikolai Nekrasov invited him to co-edit Russia’s famousFatherland Notesmagazine, Saltykov-Shchedrin dedicated himself fully to literary work. He gained a reputation as a satirist in 1856 with the publication of his set of storiesProvi...
Shchedrin's writing style combined popular speech, zoological similes and the grotesque. He wrote stories such asThe Idealist Carp,Eagle – Patron of Arts andThe Bear in the Province, where he completely erased the boundaries between fantasy and reality. He would liberally use colloquialisms, proverbs, and occasionally crude or even abusive language...
"It is no big deal when you get half a ruble's value in Europe, but if you get a punch in the face for your ruble, now that is bad.""The severity of Russian laws is softened by the fact that obeying them is optional.""So clean that you are afraid to spit.""Introduce knowledge gradually, avoiding bloodshed if possible."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.
In his eighties, Saltykov remained a last remnant of the heroic age of reform and progress, universally venerated by all the advanced intelligentsia. His last publication was an applauded collection of satirical fables and tales. He died in St Petersburg and was interred in the Literary Cemetery.
After the death of poet Nikolay Nekrasov, he acted as editor of a Russian literary magazine Otechestvenniye Zapiski until the Tsarist government banned it in 1884. In his works Saltykov mastered both stark realism and satirical grotesque merged with fantasy.
Mikhail Evgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin (mēkhəyēl´ yĬvgrä´fəvĬch säl´tĬkôf-shchĕ´drēn), 1826–89, Russian novelist and satirist. Saltykov-Shchedrin was a master of the satirical sketch, which he used to attack the bourgeoisie, the gentry, and the officials of the civil service, of which he was a member.
Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin (Russian: Михаи́л Евгра́фович Салтыко́в-Щедри́н, born Saltykov, pseudonym Nikolai Shchedrin; 27 January [O.S. 15 January] 1826 – 10 May [O.S. 28 April] 1889), was a major Russian satirist of the 19th century.
