Count Vladimir Alexandrovich Sollogub (Russian: Ð'Ð»Ð°Ð´Ð¸Ì Ð¼Ð¸Ñ€
Ð Ð»ÐµÐºÑ Ð°Ì Ð½Ð´Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð¡Ð¾Ð»Ð»Ð¾Ð³ÑƒÌ Ð±; German: Woldemar Graf
Sollogub (Sollohub); August 20, 1813 in St. Petersburg â€" June 17
(o.s. June 5), 1882 in Bad Homburg) was a minor Russian writer, author
of novelettes, essays, plays, and memoirs.His paternal grandfather was
a Polish aristocrat, and he grew up in the midst of St. Petersburg
high society.[1] He graduated from the University of Dorpat in 1834
and was attached to the Ministry of Internal Affairs the following
year in Vienna.[2] His literary career began in 1837 in the journal
Sovremennik. In 1840 he married Sofya Mikhailovna Velgorskaya. In 1843
he visited Nice and met Gogol. From 1856 he was an Officer for Special
Commissions in the imperial court; he took an interest in prison
reform, and from 1875 was Ñ hair of the Commission for the
Reorganization of Prisons in Russia. In 1858 he was sent abroad to
study European theater, and in 1877 he became an official historian at
court.Sollogub was a connoisseur of theatrical life and of St.
Petersburg society. He hosted a well-known literary and musical salon
where he brought to life the atmosphere of St. Petersburg of that era
as related in his Memoirs (1887). He is best known for his 1845
novelette Tarantas ("The Tarantass"), "a satirical journey from Moscow
to Kazán in a tumble-down traveling cart. The satire, superficial and
uninspired, is directed against the ideas of the Slavophils and the
unpractical dreaminess of the romantic idealists."[3]Sollogub's
origins were of the highest nobility, close to the court thanks to his
grandmother Natalia L. Naryshkina (1761-1819). His grandfather, Yan
Sollogub, served as an adjutant of the Polish king and was a prominent
magnate in Lithuania. He increased his wealth to 80,000 souls by means
of the marriage with Natalia Naryshkina, a daughter of the Russian
Emperor's relative Lev Narishkin. Alexander Sollogub (1787â€"1843),
the father of the writer and the son of Yan Sollogub, quickly wasted
his share of the bequest. He held a civil rank of master of ceremonies
(Russian: Ð¦ÐµÑ€ÐµÐ¼Ð¾Ð½Ð¸Ð¹Ð¼ÐµÐ¹Ñ Ñ‚ÐµÑ€, from German
"Zermonienmeister") at the court, however in public he was mainly
known as a dandy. Pushkin mentioned his name ("Eternal Scollogub is
having fun") in the drafts to the 1st chapter of "Eugene Onegin".
Alexander's love for the theater, music, and painting had a valuable
impact on his son, Vladimir.
Ð Ð»ÐµÐºÑ Ð°Ì Ð½Ð´Ñ€Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð¡Ð¾Ð»Ð»Ð¾Ð³ÑƒÌ Ð±; German: Woldemar Graf
Sollogub (Sollohub); August 20, 1813 in St. Petersburg â€" June 17
(o.s. June 5), 1882 in Bad Homburg) was a minor Russian writer, author
of novelettes, essays, plays, and memoirs.His paternal grandfather was
a Polish aristocrat, and he grew up in the midst of St. Petersburg
high society.[1] He graduated from the University of Dorpat in 1834
and was attached to the Ministry of Internal Affairs the following
year in Vienna.[2] His literary career began in 1837 in the journal
Sovremennik. In 1840 he married Sofya Mikhailovna Velgorskaya. In 1843
he visited Nice and met Gogol. From 1856 he was an Officer for Special
Commissions in the imperial court; he took an interest in prison
reform, and from 1875 was Ñ hair of the Commission for the
Reorganization of Prisons in Russia. In 1858 he was sent abroad to
study European theater, and in 1877 he became an official historian at
court.Sollogub was a connoisseur of theatrical life and of St.
Petersburg society. He hosted a well-known literary and musical salon
where he brought to life the atmosphere of St. Petersburg of that era
as related in his Memoirs (1887). He is best known for his 1845
novelette Tarantas ("The Tarantass"), "a satirical journey from Moscow
to Kazán in a tumble-down traveling cart. The satire, superficial and
uninspired, is directed against the ideas of the Slavophils and the
unpractical dreaminess of the romantic idealists."[3]Sollogub's
origins were of the highest nobility, close to the court thanks to his
grandmother Natalia L. Naryshkina (1761-1819). His grandfather, Yan
Sollogub, served as an adjutant of the Polish king and was a prominent
magnate in Lithuania. He increased his wealth to 80,000 souls by means
of the marriage with Natalia Naryshkina, a daughter of the Russian
Emperor's relative Lev Narishkin. Alexander Sollogub (1787â€"1843),
the father of the writer and the son of Yan Sollogub, quickly wasted
his share of the bequest. He held a civil rank of master of ceremonies
(Russian: Ð¦ÐµÑ€ÐµÐ¼Ð¾Ð½Ð¸Ð¹Ð¼ÐµÐ¹Ñ Ñ‚ÐµÑ€, from German
"Zermonienmeister") at the court, however in public he was mainly
known as a dandy. Pushkin mentioned his name ("Eternal Scollogub is
having fun") in the drafts to the 1st chapter of "Eugene Onegin".
Alexander's love for the theater, music, and painting had a valuable
impact on his son, Vladimir.
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