Aleksey Apukhtin
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November 27, 1840 Bolkhov, Russia |
| Died | August 29, 1893 (aged 52) Saint Petersburg, Russia |
Aleksey Nikolayevich Apukhtin (Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Апу́хтин; IPA: [ɐlʲɪkˈsʲej nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ ɐˈpuxtʲɪn]) (November 27 [O.S. November 15] 1840 – August 29 [O.S. August 17] 1893) was a Russian poet, writer and critic.
Apukhtin was born in Bolkhov and came from an ancient noble family. While yet a child, he betrayed an astounding memory and a fondness for reading, especially of poetry. By the age of ten, he knew by heart the works of Pushkin and Lermontov. Besides these, his favorite poets and authors of later years were Griboyedov, Baratynsky, Tyutchev, Fet, A. Tolstoy, L. Tolstoy, Turgenev, Dostoyevsky and Ostrovsky.
In 1852, aged only 11, he entered the Imperial School of Jurisprudence in Saint Petersburg, where he was a class mate of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, who was his exact contemporary and became a lifelong friend. The founder, duke Peter of Oldenburg, and the director, Alexander Yazykov, took him under their personal wings. He graduated with distinction in 1859. His work was encouraged by Turgenev and Fet.
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