as tragedies that Pushkin, involved by the court into a duel over his wifes honour, died when he was only 37 years old.
Mikhail Lermontov
(1814 - 1841)
A young hussar officer, Mikhail Lermontov, expressing his wrath against the society and his sorrow about Pushkins death, wrote the verses The Death of the Poet. Lermontov was arrested for his apparent call for freedom and exiled to the Caucasus. In Caucasus, he started writing his most celebrated work, A Hero of Our Time. So remarkable is his craftsmanship that Anton Chekhov recommended anyone to read the first chapter of this novel in order to learn how to write. In 1841, the rebellious poet was also killed in a duel.
Nicholai Gogol
(1809 - 1852).
The real master of the art of satire was Nicholai Gogol. When he arrived to St. Petersburg Pushkin encouraged him as a writer. Gogol is best known as the author of The Government Inspector and Dead Souls. He is famous for telling bitter truths about Russias troubles.
Ivan Turgenev
(1818 - 1883)
Novels of Ivan Turgenev were translated into several languages long before the works of any other Russian writer. His first published work Sportsmans Sketches, demonstrated the authors gift for depicting Russian nature and characters. Turgenev became famous with his Nest of Gentlefolk and his masterpiece Fathers and Sons.
Feodor Dostoevsky
(1821 - 1881)
Feodor Dostoevsky established his name in the literature with his novel Crime and Punishment, published in 1866. This novel made him famous not only at home but also in the whole world. In this work, Dostoevsky gave the brilliant analysis of the Russian character. The hero, Raskolnikov, after committing a crime, experienced deep feeling of repentance.
Leo Tolstoy
(18
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