Background
Somov was born in Vovchansk, Kharkiv Oblast.
Somov was born in Vovchansk, Kharkiv Oblast.
He studied in the Kharkiv University, then moved to Saint St. Petersburg, where he died.
He was a writer, journalist, literary critic, and translator. Much of his writing deals with Ukrainian history and folklore. He is distantly related to the American actor René Auberjonois.
Auberjonois" maternal grandfather"s mother was a Russian noblewoman, Eudoxia Michailovna Somova (1850–1924), a collateral cousin of Somov"son