Background
Evgeny Lvovich Markov was born on October 8, 1835 in Kursk, Russian Federation.
Evgeny Lvovich Markov was born on October 8, 1835 in Kursk, Russian Federation.
Evgeny Lvovich Markov became a secretary of the art club since 1893. Originally a liberal author who contributed to Otechestvennye Zapiski, Delo and Vestnik Evropy among other magazines, Evgeny Markov gradually drifted towards the conservative camp, became part of the Slavophile movement and gained notoriety by being arguably the fiercest critic of Nikolai Nekrasov.
Markov's major novel, Black Earth Field (Черноземное поле, 1878), eulogized the simple, close-to-nature life of an idealized, well-cultured Russian landlord. Even more retrograde was his collection of autobiographical notes and sketches Barchuki (Барчуки, 1874), full of nostalgia for 'simple and quiet virtues' of the old Russia's serfdom.