Ilya Alexandrovich Salov (Илья Александрович Салов, 6 April 1834,

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. Having started in mid-1850s (in ''

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Otechestvennye Zapiski ''Otechestvennye Zapiski'' ( rus, Отечественные записки, p=ɐˈtʲetɕɪstvʲɪnːɨjɪ zɐˈpʲiskʲɪ, variously translated as "Annals of the Fatherland", "Patriotic Notes", "Notes of the Fatherland", etc.) was a Russian lite ...

'') with a series of short stories and novelets mostly in the vein of the then hugely popular

Ivan Turgenev Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (; rus, links=no, Ива́н Серге́евич Турге́невIn Turgenev's day, his name was written ., p=ɪˈvan sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ tʊrˈɡʲenʲɪf; 9 November 1818 – 3 September 1883 (Old Style dat ...

's prose, Salov came to prominence in the late 1870s with a series of ''

''-published novellas (''Merchant Chesalkin's Mill'', ''Asp''). In 1892 the Works by I.A.Salov in three volumes came out, followed by two short story collections, ''S natury'' (From Nature, С натуры, 1893), and ''Suyeta mirskaya'' (Worldly Vanity, Суета мирская, 1894). Among his acclaimed later works were the novels ''Uyutny ugolok'' (Cosy Corner, Уютный уголок, 1894) and ''Praktika zhizni'' (Life's Experience, Практика жизни, 1895), among them.Nefyodov, V.V
The Writer of the 'Turgenev School'
// Нефёдов В. В. Писатель "тургеневской школы". Сура, 2014, No. 2, pp. 159-164.

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Male writers from the Russian Empire Dramatists and playwrights from the Russian Empire People from Penza 1834 births 1902 deaths {{Russia-writer-stub