Ivan Ivanovich Gorbunov-Posadov (russian: Иван Иванович Горбунов-Посадов, 16 ld style: 4April 1864 - 12 February 1940) was a Russian,
Soviet
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writer
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,
poet
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,
editor
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and
publisher
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.Biography at the Literary Encyclopedia. 1929. Vol.2, pp.634-635 // Горбунов-Посадов // Литературная энциклопедия: В 11 т. - . 1929-1939. Т. 2. - . Изд-во Ком. Акад., 1929. -- Стб. 634--635
An avid
Tolstoyan
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since 1884, Gorbunov-Posadov often served as an intermediary between
Tolstoy
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and contemporary writers, notably
Anton Chekhov
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. Throughout its history he was the key figure at the Posrednik publishing company which he became the head of in 1897.
An advocate of the so-called Free Upbringing (Свободное воспитание) theory, he edited the radical pedagogical journal ''Svobodnoye Vospitaniye'' (1909-1918), in which
Nadezhda Krupskaya
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and
Vladimir Bonch-Bruyevich
Vladimir Dmitriyevich Bonch-Bruyevich (russian: Владимир Дмитриевич Бонч-Бруевич; sometimes spelled Bonch-Bruevich; in Polish Boncz-Brujewicz; – 14 July 1955) was a Soviet politician, revolutionary, historian ...
were also involved, as well as the Library for Free Upbringing of Children, illustrated by
Elisabeth Boehm
Elisabeth Boehm or Böhm (née Endaurova, russian: Елизавета Меркурьевна Бём, Yelizaveta Merkuryevna Byom; 1843–1914) was a Russian painter, a popular designer of postcards.
An ardent pacifist, Gorbunov-Posadov became noted for his passionate anti-war poems, some of which featured in ''Brothers, Come to Your Senses! 1900-1917'' (Опомнитесь, братья!, 1917) and ''Songs for Brotherhood and Freedom. 1882-1913'' (Песни братства и свободы, 1928). In the
Soviet
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times he was credited mostly as a publisher of compilations, book series and illustrated almanacs for children.Горбунов-Посадов Иван Иванович // Большая советская энциклопедия: 30 т./ под ред. А. М. Прохоров — 3-е изд. — М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1969.
Lib.ru
Lib.ru, also known as Maksim Moshkow's Library (russian: link=no, библиотека Максима Мошкова, started to operate in November 1994) is the oldest electronic library in the Russian Internet segment.
Founded and supported ...