Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Turgenev was a Russian writer, poet, playwright, novelist and translator (1818–1883). He was born in Oryol and died in Bougival.
Also recorded as Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev · Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev · Turgenev, Ivan Sergeyevich
Ivan Turgenev

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- Born
- 1818
- Died
- 1883
- Nationality
- Russian Empire
- Occupation
- writer · poet · playwright · novelist · translator · prose writer
- Fields
- short novel · elegy · drama
- Movements
- literary realism
- Known for
- A Sportsman's Sketches · Fathers and Sons · A Month in the Country · Mumu · Home of the Gentry · Poems in Prose
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Ivan Turgenev was a Russian writer, poet, playwright, novelist and translator (1818–1883). He was born in Oryol and died in Bougival.
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Identity and origins
He also worked under the names.въ, —е— and И.С.Т. The authorities additionally record the headings Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev and Turgenev, Ivan Sergeyevich. His recorded languages were French, German, English and Russian. He was the child of Sergey Turgenev and Varvara Petrovna Turgeneva.
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Ivan Turgenev is recorded as writer, poet, playwright and novelist.

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1818
Ivan Turgenev was born in 1818.
1843
A Rash Thing to Do is dated 1843.
1844
Andrey Kolosov is dated 1844.
1846
Khor and Kalinych is dated 1846.
1847
Yermolay and the Miller's Wife is dated 1847.
1847
How Russians Meet Death is dated 1847.
1847
The District Doctor is dated 1847.
1847
Dos Terratenientes is dated 1847.
1847
Farmer Ovsyanikov is dated 1847.
1847
The Office is dated 1847.
1848
The Hamlet of Shchigry District is dated 1848.
1848
Fortune's Fool is dated 1848.
1849
The Bachelor is dated 1849.
1850
The appointment is dated 1850.
1851
Kasyan from the Beautiful Lands is dated 1851.
1856
Home of the Gentry is dated 1856.
1859
On the Eve is dated 1859.
1860
First Love is dated 1860.
1871
The End Tchertopkhanov is dated 1871.
1872
Torrents of Spring is dated 1872.
1883
Clara Militch is dated 1883.
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Formation and teaching. Turgenev studied at University of Berlin, Faculty of Philosophy at Saint Petersburg State University, Imperial Moscow University and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. He trained under Nikolai Ustryalov. Turgenev worked in Russian literature. His work is associated with literary realism. He belonged to Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences. He worked at Berlin, Ivan Turgenev museum and France. Work and production. Works recorded as notable number 6: A Sportsman's Sketches, Fathers and Sons, A Month in the Country, Mumu, Home of the Gentry and Poems in Prose. His recorded genres are short novel, elegy and drama.
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