Background
Alexander Anufrievich Volkov was born in 1804 in Moscow City, Russian Federation in the family of a craftsman.
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Alexander Anufrievich Volkov
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Alexander Anufrievich got home education (with knowledge of French and Latin language). In 1820-1824 he studied at the verbal department of Moscow University (he graduated with a degree of an acting student). As a student, he published a book for children, And Rest in Favor, or a Collection of Entertaining Paintings (1822; translated from French). Then he entered the service.
Career
In 1838 Alexander Anufrievich became a full-time superintendent of the 1st Moscow district school; retired from 1841. Later, with the exception of the translation (from French) of M. Godon’s books Home Education, or Moral Education of the First Age of Both Genders ... (1837), containing serious pedagogical thoughts and recommendations, Alexander Anufrievich acted as a translator of French fiction works: short stories E Souvestra (The degrees of women: A simple woman; grisette; urban dweller; a secular woman, 1836), Countess D'Ache (Dream of Love, 1849).
Alexander Anufrievich owns the anonymous novels Rivals in Love, or the Unsolved Secret of Beauty (1839) and comedy-vaudeville Katya or Seven Match Up, One Will Get One (1836; authorship of both works is established. These were sketches from the life of the "middle" nobility, recreating every day and speech colors (at the end of the play, anti-serfdom motifs are noticeable).
