Nicolay Nekrasov

Niсolay Nekrasov is a subtle lyrical poet, novelist and playwright, satirist and critic. His poetry, having become a new word in the development of Russian poetry, took a place alongside the works of genius Pushkin and Lermontov. For thirty years, Nekrasov had published the most progressive magazines of his time: Sovremennik (Contemporary), and after its ban – Otechestvenyje zapiski (Notes of the Fatherland). They published the largest progressive writers, ranging from Belinsky and Turgenev, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky to Chernyshevsky and Dobrolyubov and Saltykov-Shchedrin and Ostrovsky.

The exhibition presents about 100 editions including poems, novels, collections of poetry, collected works: The Complete Collection of the writer’s works and letters in 15 volumes (1981–2000), works of literary critics and publications about his life and creativity.

The book of Nekrasov’s collected works, published in St. Petersburg in 1886, is especially interesting. It includes a facsimile of the drafts of the famous Russian poet to the song "Russia" from the poem  Who Lives Well in Russia.

The book by A. Golubev Nikolay Nekrasov. Biography, a critical review of poetry, a collection of poems dedicated to the memory of the poet, a set of articles about N.A. Nekrasov since 1840 is also on display. It was published in 1878 in St. Petersburg.

The exhibition is intended for all readers interested in the life and work of the famous Russian poet, novelist and playwright.