“For myself, I detest the fellow, and think him a charlatan. I am certain that, in spite of his frogs, he is making no real progress in physics.”
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Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (1818–1883) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, translator and popularizer of Russian literature in the West.
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culture · Russian writer (1818–1883) · writer · poet · playwright · novelist · translator · prose writer · dramaturge · opinion journalist · short story writer · also Ivan Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev, Turgenev, Ivan Sergeyevich, Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev, Turgenev
Born 28 October 1818 · Died 3 September 1883 · Q42831
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1976· 1 entry
Asteroid 3323 Turgenev, named after the writer
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1916· 1 entry
Galina Ulanova, who advised her pupils to read such stories of Turgenev's as "Asya" or Torrents of Spring when preparing to dance Giselle
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1896· 1 entry
“makes too many of his rivals appear to hold us, in comparison, by violent means, and introduce us, in comparison, to vulgar things”
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1883· 5 entries
Died 1883-09-03.
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“Opis: Paweł Pietrowicz w rozmowie z bratem, Mikołajem Pietrowiczem, o jego „mezaliansie” z Fieniczką.”
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“Opis: Bazarow w rozmowie z Pawłem Pietrowiczem.”
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“A może był stworzony,By trwać choć jedną chwilęobok twego serca?”
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“Opis: Bazarow w rozmowie z Eudoksją Kuksziną.”
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1880· 1 entry
Dostoevsky's Pushkin Speech at the unveiling of the Alexander Pushkin monument brought about a reconciliation of sorts with Turgenev, who, like many in the audience, was moved to tears by his rival's eloquent tribute to
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1879· 1 entry
The honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law was conferred upon him by the University of Oxford
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1878· 2 entries
Turgenev was a vice-chairman of the literary congress in Paris, next to Hugo
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Tolstoy wrote a letter to Turgenev, asking for his forgiveness and offering to renew their friendship
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1873· 1 entry
“his merit of form is of the first order”
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1867· 1 entry
And was again received less than enthusiastically in his native country, as well as triggering a quarrel with Dostoyevsky in Baden-Baden
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1861· 1 entry
Wrought such animosity that Tolstoy challenged Turgenev to a duel, afterwards apologizing
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1859· 1 entry
Inspired by reports of positive social changes, Turgenev wrote the novel On the Eve ("Накануне") (published 1860), portraying the Bulgarian revolutionary Insarov
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1858· 1 entry
Turgenev wrote the novel A Nest of the Gentry ("Дворянское гнездо"), also full of nostalgia for the irretrievable past and of love for the Russian countryside
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1855· 1 entry
And the political climate became more relaxed
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1854· 1 entry
Although this decision probably had more to do with his fateful love for Pauline Viardot than anything else
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1852· 2 entries
When his first major novels of Russian society were still to come, Turgenev wrote an obituary for Nikolai Gogol, intended for publication in the Saint Petersburg Gazette
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With others being added in later editions
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1841· 1 entry
Turgenev started his career in the Russian civil service and spent two years working for the Ministry of Interior (1843–1845)
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1827· 1 entry
The Turgenevs relocated to Moscow to enable the children to have a proper education
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1818· 1 entry
Born 1818-10-28.
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