Petersburg by Mikhail Zoshchenko

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A classic satirist. His eternally relevant works scourge ignorance, petty vanity, cruelty, and other human vices.

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The First Riddles 1894

10th Line V. O., 41, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 199178

Petersburg by Mikhail Zoshchenko

It is still unclear where and when Mikhail Zoshchenko was born, and where he spent his childhood.

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Writer's Skyscraper

191186, Griboedov Canal Embankment, 9, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191186

Anna Akhmatovaâ€™s Petersburg

Petersburg by Mikhail Zoshchenko

The St. Petersburg Writers' "House on the Embankment"

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Eighth Saint Petersburg Gymnasium 1903-1913

9th Line V.O., 8, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 199034

Petersburg by Mikhail Zoshchenko

Teachers (unfortunately, Annensky was given a "two" by the future classic due to "unsatisfactory performance in spelling, style, and content" of his essay).

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University and Military School 1913-1914

22nd Line of Vasilievsky Island, 7, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 199106

Petersburg by Mikhail Zoshchenko

In the 13th year, I entered university. In the 14th, I went to the Caucasus. I fought a duel in Kislovodsk with a legal scholar named K. After that, I immediately felt that I was an extraordinary person, a hero and an adventurer — so I volunteered for the war.

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Frontline soldier 1914-1917

Zhdanovskaya St., 13, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197110

Petersburg by Mikhail Zoshchenko

But that didn't mean I was a hero. It meant that for two years in a row I was on the front lines. I took part in many battles, was wounded, poisoned by gases. I ruined my heart.

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I am a postman, bird breeder, soldier, furrier, and much more 1917-1919

Pochtamskaya St., 9, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 190000

Petersburg by Mikhail Zoshchenko

After that, I changed ten or twelve professions before I reached my current profession.

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The Beginning of Creativity, Studio 1919-1921

Liteyny Ave., 24a, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191028

Petersburg by Mikhail Zoshchenko

And in the summer of 1919, the criminal investigation agent Zoshchenko appeared at the newly opened Studio at the publishing house "World Literature," which was headed by Gorky himself. The "World Lit," as enthusiasts of this grand project called it, was intended to provide the Russian reader with exemplary translations of the best works from the countries and peoples of the entire world.

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The Serapion Brothers 1921-1929

Kolokolnaya St., 1, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191025

Petersburg by Mikhail Zoshchenko

A literary group that existed in Petrograd-Leningrad in the 1920s. The only almanac of the "brothers" was published by the "Alkonost" publishing house, located at Kolokolnaya 1, in 1922 — it included Zoshchenko's story "Victoria Kazimirovna."

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Crazy Ship 1919-1922

Nevsky Ave., 15, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191186

Petersburg: Stories of Nevsky Prospect

Petersburg by Mikhail Zoshchenko

Olga Forsh, who wrote an entire novella about him, called him: "The Mad Ship." This ship repeatedly struck underwater rocks and ultimately sank for good, just as Gorky left Russia.

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War, repression, ban on publishing 1941-1956

Griboedov Canal Embankment, 9, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 191186

Petersburg by Mikhail Zoshchenko

A coward, a lecher, a libeler, and a scoundrel of literature.

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Dacha in Sestroretsk (during life and after)

Polevaya St., 14B, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 197706

Petersburg by Mikhail Zoshchenko

Mikhail Mikhailovich lived in Sestroretsk for a long time and loved his home. There he wrote the stories "The Goat," "Nanny," "What the Nightingale Sang About," the novellas "Michel Sinyagin," "Returned Youth," and the plays "Let the Loser Cry," "The Sailcloth Briefcase." He worked there even during the period of persecution, mainly earning money through translations.

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The grave of Zoshchenko in Sestroretsk

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Petersburg by Mikhail Zoshchenko

In the spring of 1958, Zoshchenko suffered nicotine poisoning, which led to a brief spasm of the brain vessels; his speech became difficult, and he stopped recognizing those around him. On July 22, 1958, at 0:45, Mikhail Zoshchenko died of acute heart failure.

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