GIRS Dmitry

(1836 - 1886).
He studied at the Cadet Corps, served in the deminer. In 1868, Mr.. had to leave St. Petersburg for the funeral speech Pisarev. Began to write under a pseudonym Konstantinova in Russian Messenger 1862. In the N 3 and 4 "Fatherland Notes 1868. Girs placed the beginning of the novel "The Old and New Russia", which made a strong impression, and aroused great expectations. These hopes were not realized, all the rest, . written by Gershom ( "On the edge of the abyss", . the "case" 1870; "California mine", . in "Notes of the Fatherland" in 1872, "Diary of the notary clerk", . ibid, . 1883, "Avdotya bigamist", . in Russian Thought "in 1884, . etc.), . does not rise above the level of mediocrity,
. In 1876, Mr.. Girs was a correspondent from Serbia, "St. Petersburg Gazette, in 1877. - "Northern Messenger (VF. Korsch) from the theater of war. In 1878 - 80 years Girs published the newspaper "Russian Truth" (where he wrote satirical articles under the pseudonym Welcome-verb), which has not been very successful, but took pride of place in the periodical press. She underwent multiple administrative fines and suspension. Separately published "Notes of a military" and "California Mine (St. Petersburg, 1872).