Background
Nikolai Mikhailovich Astyrev was born on November 16, 1857 in Tikhvin, Russian Federation. He was illegitimate son of a general. His mother died in childbirth.
Nikolai Mikhailovich Astyrev was born on November 16, 1857 in Tikhvin, Russian Federation. He was illegitimate son of a general. His mother died in childbirth.
Nikolai Mikhailovich graduated from the Moscow Real School in 1878, studied at the Saint Petersburg Engineering Institute of Railways in 1879-1881.
Carried away by the populist ideas, Nikolai Mikhailovich left the institute and served as a parish clerk in the Voronezh district in 1881-1884.Also he worked as an employee of the statistical bureau of the Moscow provincial zemstvo, head of the Irkutsk statistical bureau in 1888-1889. Actively collaborated in the newspaper "Voronezh Telegraph" in 1883-1884.
Nikolai Mikhailovich Astyrev's attitude towards the people could be described by an ardent love, which did not prevent him from faithfully depicting the dark sides of public life, to which he gives the right sight.
Nikolai Mikhailovich Astyrev was married.
