Background
Nikolai Fedotovich Bazhin was born on the 17th (5th) of July 1843 in Vyatka, Novgorod, Russian Federation and was one of the commander's children.
Nikolai Fedotovich Bazhin
Nikolai Fedotovich Bazhin was born on the 17th (5th) of July 1843 in Vyatka, Novgorod, Russian Federation and was one of the commander's children.
In 1854 entered the Vyatka Gymnasium. After the death of his father, he transferred to Tambov Сadet Сorps and in 1855 to Voronezh Mikhailovsky Cadet Corps.
During 1864-1887 Nikolai Fedotovich lived in Saint Petersburg making his living by literary work. Many of his works were published in such magazines as "Russkoe Slovo", "Delo", "Russkoe Bogatstvo", "Nabludatel", "Zhivopisnoe Obozrenie" and others. In each of these, he published numerous lengthy novels, arguably the best-known of which, Istoria odnogo tovarishchestva ("The History of One People's Society"), stretched over seven issues of Delo in 1869.
As it was mentioned before, Nikolai Fedotovich belonged to the school of harsh social realism usually associated in Russia with the likes of Dmitry Pisarev and Nikolai Chernyshevsky. It had an impact on his stories. The tone of Bazhin's later work radically changed from optimism to dejection. In 1887, due to financial problems, he moved to Sviyazhsk, Kazan region.
Nikolai Fedotovich Bazhin was married to Serafima Bazhina, the children's writer and translator.
