Nikolai Uspensky | |
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| Born | 31 May 1837 Stupino, Tula Governorate, Russian Empire[1] |
| Died | 2 November 1889 (aged 52) Moscow, Russian Empire |
| Occupation | Writer, teacher |
| Period | 1860s–1880s |
| Relatives | Gleb Uspensky |
Nikolai Vasilyevich Uspensky (Russian: Никола́й Васи́льевич Успе́нский; 31 May 1837 – 2 November 1889) was a Russian writer, and a cousin of fellow writer Gleb Uspensky.[2] Uspensky wrote extensively about the realities of peasant life in rural Russia around the time of the Emancipation Act of 1861 by Tsar Alexander II, achieving critical and commercial success. After experiencing increasing alienation and career decline, Uspensky committed suicide on 2 November 1889.
- ^ According to other sources, 1834, Bolshoe Skuratovo, Tchernsky region
- ^ Chuprinin, Sergey (1990). "N.V. Uspensky". Russian Writers. Biobibliographica Dictionary. Vol. 2 Ed. P.A. Nikolayev. Prosveshchenye Publishers. Retrieved March 1, 2012.