Ivan Turgenev
Master Russian novelist, celebrated for realism and psychological depth.
Chronology: 1818-10-28 – 1883-08-22
Origins & Early Life
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818–1883) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, translator and popularizer of Russian literature in the West. His first major publication, a short story collection titled A Sportsman's Sketches (1852), was a milestone of Russian realism. His novel Fathers and Sons (1862) is regarded as one of the major works of 19th-century fiction. == Life == Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev was born on 9 November [O.S.
Pivotal Works & Achievements
28 October] 1818 in Oryol to noble Russian parents. His father was Sergei Nikolaevich Turgenev (1793–1834), a colonel in the Russian cavalry who took part in the Patriotic War of 1812, and his mother was Varvara Petrovna Turgeneva (née Lutovinova; 1787–1850). His father belonged to an old, but impoverished Turgenev family of Tula aristocracy that traces its history to the 15th century when a Tatar mirza Lev Turgen (Ivan Turgenev after his baptism) left the Golden Horde to serve Vasily II of Moscow. Ivan's mother came from a wealthy noble Lutovinov house of the Oryol Governorate. She spent an unhappy childhood under her tyrannical stepfather and left his house after her mother's death to live with her uncle.
Enduring Legacy & Impact
At age 26, she inherited a huge...
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