Background
Ivan Vdovin was born on September 8, 1864, in the village of Bukholovo, Volokolamsk district of the Moscow province (now Bukholovo, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation). He was the son of a peasant who was a volost foreman.
Ivan Vdovin was born on September 8, 1864, in the village of Bukholovo, Volokolamsk district of the Moscow province (now Bukholovo, Moscow Oblast, Russian Federation). He was the son of a peasant who was a volost foreman.
After spending a year at the Zemstvo School (1875-1876), Ivan Vdovin from the age of 16 became the volost clerk.
Starting with the article A few words on improving rural conditions in the newspaper Rus, where Ivan Vdovin expressed his patriarchal Slavophil views, he was also published in the newspapers Light, Day News, in the magazines' Star, Children's help, Children's reading, Children's rest, Observer, in the collection Everyone for himself and for a few. In 1890, the book of Ivan Vdovin For children. Poems of Ivan Vdovin which are more successful are placed in the collection "Native Sounds" (1889-1891) and periodicals of the 90s, telling about the plight of a simple person.
Ivan Vdovin also wrote essays and articles on improving the life and work of peasants and workers and articles on religious topics. After moving to Moscow in 1889, he worked as a senior clerk at a wallpaper fabric factory; soon became its manager. In 1901 he was dismissed for disseminating Old Believer ideas among workers. Having lived for several years in the Homeland, Ivan Vdovin moved to Petersburg. Since the early 1900s, he appeared in print less and less, although he maintained literary relations.
