Background
Averchenko, Arkadii was born in 1881 in Sebastopol. Son of a merchant.
Averchenko, Arkadii was born in 1881 in Sebastopol. Son of a merchant.
Became one of the best known Russian satirists before the revolution. Contributor to, and later editor of the magazine Satirikon (the Russian Punch). Emigrated after the October Revolution, wrote satirical attacks on communism.
Remains (with Zoshchenko) the best known and most popular humorist in modern Russian literature.
