Alexei Antipovitch Potekhin (1829–1908) (russian: Алексей Антипович Потехин) was a Russian

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and

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Biography

He was born at

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, in

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, studied at

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, and settled in

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. As a novelist he is a realist of much the same school as Pisemsky and especially able in his portrayal of dismal village life. His earlier plays were slow in getting to the stage, as they were blocked by the censors for their attacks on present conditions.

Works

Plays

*''The Voice of the People Not the Voice of God'' (1853) *''Ill-Gotten Gains Do Not Prosper'' (1854) *''Tinsel'' (1858) *''The Severed Limb'' (1865) *''A Vacant Place'' (1870)

Novels and tales of peasant life

*''The Poor Nobles'' (1859) *''For Money'', a story of factories *''The Sick Woman'' (1876) *''Under the Spell of Money'' (1876) *''Before the Community'' (1877) *''Young Inclinations'' (1879) *''Village Vampires'' (1880)

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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Potechin, Alexei Antipovitch 1829 births 1908 deaths Novelists from the Russian Empire Male writers from the Russian Empire Writers from Saint Petersburg Russian dramatists and playwrights Russian male dramatists and playwrights Honorary members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences Russian male novelists 19th-century novelists from the Russian Empire 19th-century dramatists and playwrights from the Russian Empire 19th-century male writers from the Russian Empire Burials at Tikhvin Cemetery