Nikolai Semenovich Leskov can be safely called the genius of his time. He is one of the few writers who could feel the people. This extraordinary personality was addicted not only to Russian literature, but also to Ukrainian and English culture.
1. Only Nikolai Semenovich Leskov graduated from the 2nd grade of the gymnasium.
2. In the courtroom, as an ordinary clerk, the writer began to work on the initiative of his dad.
3.After the death of his father, Leskov in the court chamber was able to grow to the deputy clerk of the court.
4. Only thanks to the company "Scott and Wilkens" Nikolai Semenovich Leskov became a writer.
5. Leskov was constantly interested in the life of the Russian people.
6. Leskov had to study the way of life of the Old Believers, and he was carried away most of all by their mystery and mysticism.
- Gorky was delighted with Leskov's talent and even compared the writer with Turgenev and Gogol.
8.Nikolai Semenovich Leskov always remained on the side of vegetarianism, because compassion for animals was stronger than the desire to eat meat.
9. The most famous work of this writer is "Lefty".
10. Nikolai Leskov received a good spiritual education because his grandfather was a priest.
11.Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov never denied that he belonged to the clergy.
12. The first wife of Leskov, whose name was Olga Vasilievna Smirnova, went crazy.
13. Until the death of his first wife, Leskov visited her in a psychiatric clinic.
14. Before dying, the writer was able to release a collection of works.
15. Leskov's father died of cholera in 1848.
16. Nikolay Semenovich Leskov began to print his works at the age of 26.
17. Leskov had several fictitious pseudonyms.
18. The political future of the writer was predetermined in the novel "Nowhere".
19. The only work by Leskov, which did not use the writer's editing, is "The Sealed Angel".
20.After his studies, Leskov had to live in Kiev, where he became a volunteer at the Faculty of Humanities.
21. Nikolai Semenovich Leskov was able to publish 2 articles on corruption in medicine, after which he himself was accused of corruption.
22. Leskov was a passionate collector. Unique paintings, books and watches are all his rich collections.
23. This writer was one of the first to propose a recipe book for vegetarians.
24. Leskov's writing activity began with journalism.
25.Since 1860, Nikolai Semenovich Leskov began to write about religion.
26. Leskov had a son from a common-law wife named Andrei.
27. The death of the writer came in 1895 from an attack of asthma, which exhausted him for 5 years of his life.
28. Lev Tolstoy called Leskov "the most Russian of the writers."
29. Critics accused Nikolai Semenovich Leskov of distorting his native Russian language.
30. Nikolai Semenovich Leskov gave ten years of his own life to the service of the state.
31. Leskov never looked for the highest values in people.
32. Many of the characters of this writer had their own quirks.
33. Leskov found the problem with alcohol, which was observed among the Russian people, in many drinking establishments. He believed that this is how the state earns on a person.
34. The publicistic activities of Nikolai Semenovich Leskov are primarily associated with the theme of fires.
35. The worst work in the opinion of the author is Leskov's novel At the Knives.
36. At the end of Leskov's life, not a single piece of his was published in the author's version.
37. In 1985, an asteroid was named after Nikolai Semenovich Leskov.
38. Leskov managed to get his first education in a wealthy family on the maternal side.
39. Uncle Leskov was a professor of medicine.
40. Nikolai Semenovich Leskov was not the only child in the family. He had 4 brothers and sisters.
41.The writer is buried at the St. Petersburg cemetery.
42. Childhood and adolescence of Nikolai Semenovich passed in the family estate.
43. The child from Leskov's first marriage died when he was not yet a year old.
44.Nikolai Semenovich Leskov during his work in the newspaper was able to visit European countries such as France, Czech Republic and Poland.
45. Leskov's good friend was Leo Tolstoy.
46.Dad Leskov served as an investigator in the Criminal Chamber, and my mother was from a poor family.
47. Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov was engaged in writing not only novels and stories, but also plays.
48. Leskov had such a disease as angina pectoris.
49. The most serious work of this writer began in St. Petersburg in 1860.
50. In total, from Leskov, his women gave birth to 3 children.
51. On Furshtadskaya Street there was a house where Leskov spent the last years of his own life.
52. Nikolai Semenovich Leskov was quite temperamental and active.
53. During his studies, Leskov had a strong conflict with teachers and because of this, he subsequently abandoned his studies altogether.
54. For three years of his life, Leskov had to travel around Russia.
55. The last story of this writer is "Rabbit Remiz".
56. Leskov was dissuaded from entering into the first marriage by his relatives.
57. In 1867, the Alexandrinsky Theater staged a play by Leskov with the title "The Prodigal". This drama about a merchant's life once again gave criticism towards the writer.
58. Very often the writer was engaged in the processing of old memories and manuscripts.
59. The influence of Leo Tolstoy affected the attitude towards the church on the part of Leskov.
60. The first Russian vegetarian character was created by Nikolai Semenovich Leskov.
61. Tolstoy called Leskov "the writer of the future."
62. Maria Alexandrovna, who was considered the empress of that time, after reading Leskov's Soboryan began to promote him to the state property officials.
63. Leskov and Veselitskaya had unrequited love.
64. At the beginning of 1862, Leskov became a permanent employee of the newspaper "Northern Bee". There he published his editorials.
65. Because of the criticism presented to Nikolai Semenovich Leskov, he was not going to be corrected.
66. This writer considered the speech characteristics of the characters and the individualization of their language to be an important element of literary creativity.
67. Over the years, Andrei Leskov has created a biography of his father.
68 There is a house-museum for Leskov in the Oryol region.
69. Nikolai Semyonovich Leskov was an evil-speaking person.
70. Roman Leskov's "Devil's Dolls" was written in the style of Voltaire.
