MICHAIL YEVGRAFOVICH SALTYKOV
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pseudonym, "N. Shtshedrin". A noted Russian satirist; born Jan. 27, 1826; died at St. Petersburg, May 12, 1889. The first work to give him celebrity throughout Russia was "Sketches from the Provinces" (1856): it was followed by "Satires in Prose" and "Innocent Stories" (1863); "Signs of the Times" (1869); "Male and Female Pompadours" (1876); "Across the Frontier"; "An Idyll of To-day" (1884-86); "Life's Pettinesses" (1887). The Russian press laws compel the author to use an allegorical style, which makes his meaning unintelligible to foreigners.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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