Background
Boborykin, Petr was born on August 27, 1836 in Nizhnii Novgorod (now Gorkii).
Boborykin, Petr was born on August 27, 1836 in Nizhnii Novgorod (now Gorkii).
Studied at Kazan’ and Derpt universities. Studied at Kazan’ and Derpt universities.
Editor and publisher of the magazine Biblioteka dlia chtenia in the 1860s. From the 1890s lived mainly abroad. Chronicler of literary, political and society life for half a century.
Extremely prolific writer of novels, sociological sketches, and memoirs. His 12-volume collected works were published in Petersburg, 1897.