Sergey Aksakov

Sergey Aksakov (1791-1859), born in Ufa, was a censor in Moscow, then an inspector and director of a land-surveying institute. He came late to literature, after meeting Gogol, who read chapters of his great novel at Aksakov's home in Moscow and of whom he left memoirs. His first books dealt with fishing and hunting in the Orenburg region; the following ones drew a narrative from the memories of his own family. His sons Konstantin and Ivan were Slavophile thinkers. He died in Moscow.

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