Vladimir Stepanovich Kurochkin (Владимир Степанович Курочкин; 6 February

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. Among the plays he authored were ''The Green Island'' (as Vlad K-n, with Innokenty Omulevsky; staged in 1873, published in 1883), ''Who Is to Blame?'' (1873), ''Two by Two is Five'' (1875) and ''A Modiste's Diary'' (1875). Vladimir Kurochkin compiled and published ''Nevsky Sbornik'' (the 1867 literary compilation). He edited ''

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'' magazine (1864–1867) and the Tatar-language ''Fayde'' (Virtue) newspaper (1866–1870). Poets Nikolai and

Vasily Kurochkin Vasily Stepanovich Kurochkin (russian: Василий Степанович Курочкин, 9 August 1831 – 27 August 1875) was a Russian satirical poet, journalist and translator. Biography Vasily Kurochkin was born in Saint Petersburg. His fa ...

s were his brothers.Russian Writers. Biobibliographical dictionary. Ed. P. A. Nikolayev. Vol. 3. Moscow. 1994. Pp. 240—241.

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