Pavel Vladimirovich Zasodimsky (russian: Павел Владимирович Засодимский, born 13 November 1834, Veliky Ustyug, Vologda Governorate. Russian Empire, — died 17 May 1912, Opechensky Posad, Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire) was a

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movement and Narodnaya Volya group. He was also known under his pen name Vologdin (Вологдин).Pavel Zasodimsky
Biography at the

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. 1890—1907. Writing mostly about the life of Russian lower classes, Zasodimsky contributed regularly to the leading Russian magazines, including '' Delo'' (where he started out in 1868), '' Otechestvennye Zapiski'' (''The Chronicles of the Smurin Village'', published there in 1874, was lauded by critics), and '' Russkoye Bogatstvo'', which he became the member of the staff in 1880, the year when his another well-known novel, ''The Steppe Mysteries'' appeared in it. Several of his novellas were published by ''

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'', numerous essays and sketches appeared in '' Severny Vestnik'', ''

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''.Pavel Zasodimsky
s biography at the Great Soviet Encyclopedia // Большая советская энциклопедия. — М.: Советская энциклопедия. 1969—1978. Zasodimsky was a popular children’s writer; his best-known stories appeared in two collections: ''Soulful Stories'' (Задушевные рассказы) and ''The True Stories and Fairytales'' (Бывальщина и сказки). He owned a huge library at Nevsky, 80, in Saint Petersburg which at some point

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was in charge of, and which was used as a meeting place for the members of Narodnaya Volya, which Zasodimsky was in close contact with.Narodnaya Volya in St Petersburg.
Петербург "Народной Воли"

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