Ivan Turgenev
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev was a Russian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, translator and popularizer of Russian literature in the West.
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- Oryol
- Educated at
- Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinFaculty of Philosophy at Saint Petersburg State UniversityUniversity of BerlinImperial Moscow University
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1818
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Birth1883
Died
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