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Gleb Uspensky was a male writer, journalist, and short story writer from the Russian Empire. He wrote in Russian and is associated with the sketch story genre. His pseudonyms included Б—н, М., Братья Гипподромы, and Брызгин. He was a relative of Nikolai Uspensky and belonged to the Russian ethnic group.
Uspensky was born in Tula and died in Strelna, Saint Petersburg, on March 24, 1902. His death resulted from heart failure due to natural causes. He is buried at the Writer's Walkways in Volkovo Cemetery. One of his notable works is titled Russia - Traveler's Companion. He is described in sources such as the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Nordisk familjebok, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, and Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Russia - Traveler's Companion
via Open Library + Wikidata
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1843-10-25 ) October 25, 1843, Tula , Russian Empire
- Died
- April 6, 1902 (1902-04-06) (aged 58), St. Petersburg , Russian Empire
- Period
- 1860s–1890s
- Genre
- Fiction/journalism
- Relatives
- Nikolay Uspensky
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gleb
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Tula
- Place of death
- Strelna
- Occupation
- short story writer
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Image
- 1884 Yaroshenko Portrait Schriftsteller G.I. Uspenskoje anagoria.JPG
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- Commons category
- Gleb Uspensky
- date of birth
- 1843-10-13
- date of death
- 1902-00-00
- place of burial
- Volkovo Cemetery
- pseudonym
- Иванов
- cause of death
- heart failure
- writing language
- Russian
- ethnic group
- Russians
- manner of death
- natural causes
Sources (2)
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Gleb Uspensky, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Gleb Ivanovich Uspensky (Russian: Глеб Иванович Успенский; October 25, 1843 – April 6, 1902) was a Russian writer and a prominent figure of the Narodnik movement.
Biography
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