Captain Ribnikov

"Captain Ribnikov"
Short story by Alexander Kuprin
Original titleШтабс-капитан Рыбников
CountryRussia
LanguageRussian
Publication
PublisherMir Bozhy
Publication date1906
Published in English1916

"Staff Captain Rybnikov" (Shtabs-Kapitan Rybnikov, Штабс-капитан Рыбников) is a short story by Alexander Kuprin first published in Mir Bozhy's January 1906 issue.[1] It was published in English in 1916 as "Captain Ribnikov", in anthology The River of Life And Other Stories. D. S. Mirsky considered it one of Kuprin's best short stories.[2]

  1. ^ Koretskaya, I. Commentaries to Staff-Captain Rybnikov. The Complete A.I.Kuprin, in 9 volumes. Vol. 4. Pravda Publishers. Ogonyok magazine library. Moscow. 1964. Pp. 488-489.
  2. ^ D. S. Mirsky. Contemporary Russian Literature