Background
Ivan Vashkov was born on September 5, 1846, in Moscow City, Russian Federation.
Ivan Vashkov was born on September 5, 1846, in Moscow City, Russian Federation.
Having not completed his education, Ivan Vashkov worked on the railroad, but soon left this occupation and was engaged in literary and journalistic work.
The earliest of the identified publications of Ivan Vashkov are Footless root and dashing adherents and Name Day with Boxes!!! The Story of the Hotel Palac, marked by accuracy in conveying the features of the merchant language. From January 1872 to mid-1888 he was a permanent employee of Entertainment and author of feuilleton under the heading Conversations of Midshipman Zhevakin with the public. At the same time, he published short stories: Moscow hits with a sock ..., In-law likes to take, Little Chichikov; novels With a calculator, Road without obstacles, Marushkn; essays, sketches, verses.
In 1880 Ivan Vashkov published in the journal Alarm Clock a series of satirical essays From the world of pachyderms, Tragedy-vaudeville, Maybe and Probably, etc.