Boris Almazov
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11 November 1827 Vyazma, Smolensk Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | 15 April 1876 (aged 48) Moscow, Russian Empire |
| Pen name | Erast Blagonravov, B. Adamantov |
| Genre | poetry, literary criticism, translations |
| Spouse | S. Z. Voronina |
Boris Nikolayevich Almazov (Russian: Бори́с Никола́евич Алма́зов; IPA: [bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ ɐlˈmazəf]; 11 November [O.S. 27 October] 1827, Vyazma, Smolensk Governorate, Russian Empire, – 15 April [O.S. 3 April] 1876, Moscow, Russian Empire) was a Russian poet, translator, writer and literary critic.
Boris Almazov was born in Vyazma, Smolensk Governorate, to a retired military man coming from an old Moscow family. He received his primary education at home, in his parents' village of Karavayevo, where he spent most of his childhood.
In 1839 Almazov joined the First Moscow gymnasium, then was transferred to a boarding school. In 1848 he enrolled into the law faculty of Moscow University but failed to graduate due to financial difficulties.
In the early 1850s Almazov joined the young staff of the magazine Moskvityanin, alongside Alexander Ostrovsky, Apollon Grigoriev, Lev Mey, and started writing humorous sketches, under the pseudonym "Erast Blagonravov."
One of his pieces, "Dreaming of a Comedy," dealing with Sovremennik' negative review of Alexander Ostrovsky's It's a Family Affair-We'll Settle It Ourselves, had the heated exchange of insults between the two publications, as a result. Soon he changed his style of writing from frivolous to didactic and started to support the more traditional, type of prose.
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