Background
Yakov Petrovich Butkov was born in 1821 in Saratov oblast, Russian Federation. He was born in the family of burghers in the Saratov province (now Saratov region, Russian Federation).
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Yakov Petrovich Butkov
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Yakov Petrovich didn't get any education, but he read a lot.
Career
When Yakov Petrovich arrived in the capital in the late 1830s, he was extremely poor. For a time he served as a letter-keeper and home secretary. In 1840, he managed to print in the Syn Otechestva an excerpt from the poetic story Gaydamak - Butkov's only poetic experience, completely imitative.
In 1845, in the Northern bee (June 14-1, 9, July 30-31), he published the stories Dostoynyy chelovek and Ribbon. In 1845, the 1st part of the collection of short stories and essays Petersburg vershiny was published in St. Petersburg, which immediately attracted the attention of critics and aroused interest in a little-known author in literary circles.
In 1847, Yakov Petrovich started to work in the magazine Otechestvennyye zapiski. In 1847-1849, he had the time of intensive work on the creation of the stories published in Otechestvennyye zapiski, thematically and plot fully continuing Petersburg vershiny.
