Pyotr Mikhailovich Volokhov

Background

Pyotr Mikhailovich Volokhov was born on 15 August, 1852 in Dubovka, Tula, Russian Federation. He came from the bourgeoisie.

Education

Pyotr Mikhailovich studied (until the 6th grade, 1872) at the Saratov gymnasium. In 1873 he passed the title of national teacher. In 1874-75 he was a volunteer at the Faculty of Law of Kazan University.

Career

Pyotr Mikhailovich printed correspondence in the newspaper Sovremennye Izvestia. Having moved to Saint Petersburg, in 1877 he served as a scribe in the office of the Cartridge factory. Impressions of factory life were reflected in Volokhov's essays and stories: Panfil Panfilov, Strutsky, Chinovsky, In the office, Bezruky, in which criticism noted the talent thorough acquaintance with the life and language of the depicted environment. Dismissed from the factory for storing revolutionary literature (December 1877) with subordination to the supervision of the police, was for some time a teacher of the people's school in Starodub near Chernihiv, but in February, 1879 Ministry of Education notified the office that the former teacher Pyotr Mikhailovich "due to the political unreliability teaching activities are prohibited in this country".

In 1887, Pyotr Mikhailovich served as the ruler of the office in the management of the Ural Mining and processing railway, and from August of the same year in the same position on the Baskunchak railway (Akhtuba Astrakhan station), being under the secret supervision of the police.

Politics

In December 1879, Pyotr Mikhailovich was arrested in Saint Petersburg (during the search, along with the numbers of Narodnaya Volya and the proclamations of the Executive Committee, the writer's own works were also seized). In may 1880, by order of M.T. Loris-Melikon (who softened the original definition), he was exiled to Perm, where at one time he lived with Korolenko.

Personality

Quotes from others about the person

• V.G. Korolenko: "Many people thought that a new star appeared on the literary horizon."

Connections

Friend:

Vladimir Korolenko

References

• Russian writers. 1800-1917. Biographical Dictionary. Volume 1
  1989