Durov Sergei Fyodorovich

(1816 - 1869) born in 1816, Mr.. in a noble family, received a good education and before the end of 40 years in the service. Since 1843. was placed in magazines poem. In 1849, Mr.. Durov wrote a biography of NI. Khmelnitsky, in his collected works, published Smirdin. After that he was touching the Petrashevsky case and was sentenced to eight years in prison, the emperor has reduced prison term of up to 4 years, then returns to the soldiers. In essence, all the desires Durova reduced to liberate the peasants. The total charge "Petrashevists" in atheism is also not suited to Durova: according to his friend, F.M. Dostoevsky, he was even "ridiculously religious". Seven years of living in the "House of the Dead" and in the barracks exhausted physical strength Durova. Returning from prison, he translated Victor Hugo and Barbier, his poems were published in "Contemporary", "Epoch" and "Notes of the Fatherland". One of them placed in the "Materials for biography F.M. Dostoevsky. The best of his poems: "When a tragic actor ...". Their main feature - sarcasm. M. M.