Background
Egor Ivanovich Nazarov was born in 1848 or 1849 in Yelets, Oryol region, Russian Federation. He was the son of the impoverished merchant.
self-taught writer, local historian
Egor Ivanovich Nazarov was born in 1848 or 1849 in Yelets, Oryol region, Russian Federation. He was the son of the impoverished merchant.
Egor Ivanovich Nazarov did not attend either schools or colleges and was studying on his own.
Egor Ivanovich worked as a waiter, counterjumper, broker, clerk and record keeper. From the beginning of the 1870s, he published his poems and stories in newspapers and collective works. Since the end of 1880s he often visited Voronezh, where his works were published in the local press.