Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin
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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
Portrait of Shchedrin by Ivan Kramskoi
19th century drawing of the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum, where Saltykov studied
Saltykov's house in Vyatka (now a museum in Kirov)
Saltykov-Shchedrin in 1850s
The History of a Town
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The History of a Town, also translated as Foolsburg: The History of a Town, is an 1870 novel by Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin. The plot presents the history of the town of Glupov, which may be translated
First edition
Portrait of Ugryum-Burcheev. Illustration to The History of a Town by Re-Mi (1907)