Michaił Sałtykow-Szczedrin
Also known as Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin, Nikolai Shchedrin, Shchedrin, Mikhail Saltykov
Russian writer, journalist, plawright and satirist
AI overview
Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin was a Russian writer, journalist, playwright, and satirist known for his sharp, critical commentary on society. His work matters because he used satire and wit to expose social problems and political issues in 19th-century Russia, making him an important voice in Russian literature and social criticism.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Gospoda Golovlevy
- Istorija Odnogo Goroda
- Foolsburg
- The Golovlovs (Signet classics)
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Russia
- Active from
- 1932-12-16
- Active to
- 2025-08-29
classicalcomposercontemporary classicaloperarussian composersoviet composer
Discography
Works in European collections
15 objects attributed to Michaił Sałtykow-Szczedrin, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Article · Polski
Michaił Jewgrafowicz Sałtykow-Szczedrin (ros. Михаил Евграфович Салтыков-Щедрин, właściwie Michaił Jewgrafowicz Sałtykow (ros. Михаил Евграфович Салтыков); ur. 15 stycznia?/ 27 stycznia 1826 w , Imperium Rosyjskie, zm. 28 kwietnia?/ 10 maja 1889 w Petersburgu, Imperium Rosyjskie) – rosyjski pisarz, satyryk i publicysta. Autor utworów zawierających sarkastyczną krytykę życia społeczno-politycznego w carskiej Rosji. Rozpowszechnił powiedzenie „rubla zarobić i cnotę zachować” (ros. капитал приобрести и невинность соблюсти, dosł. „zdobyć kapitał i zachować cnotę”).
Abstract from DBpedia / Wikipedia · CC BY-SA
Gallery (11)
Connections
Categories
1826 births1889 deaths19th-century dramatists and playwrights from the Russian Empire19th-century journalists from the Russian Empire19th-century male writers from the Russian Empire19th-century nobility19th-century novelists from the Russian Empire19th-century short story writers from the Russian Empire19th-century translators from the Russian EmpireBurials at Volkovo CemeteryCivil servants of the Russian Empire
![23 [Dvadcat' tri] skazki M. E. Saltykova <Ščedrina>](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.digitale-sammlungen.de%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fv2%2Fbsb11680443_00005%2Ffull%2Ffull%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
![Sbornik : Razskazy, očerki, skazki. Sočinenie M. E. Saltykova <Ščedrina>. [Inh.:] Son v lětnjuju noč'. - Děti Moskvy. - Pochorony. - Starčeskoe gore. - Dvorjanskaja chandra. - Volnoe město. - Pověst o tom, kak odin mužik dvuch generalov prokormil. - Propala sověst'. - Dikij poměščik](https://api.europeana.eu/thumbnail/v2/url.json?uri=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.digitale-sammlungen.de%2Fiiif%2Fimage%2Fv2%2Fbsb11680426_00009%2Ffull%2Ffull%2F0%2Fdefault.jpg&type=IMAGE)
