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Pop Quiz: Russian Authors

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This author was born at Yasnaya Polyana, but then orphaned at the age of 9 and raised by an aunt. In university he studied languages and law, but never got a degree. His most famous works, 'Anna Karenina' and 'War and Peace', have been translated into many languages and brought him world wide recognition long after his death. What is his name?

Alexander Pushkin
Leo Tolstoi
Fyodor Dostoevsky

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This author wrote one of his most famous novels, 'Master and Margarita', which is a story of the Devil visiting Moscow. Unfortunately, it took decades to publish the novel officially since its content was censored by Russian governement. Who is he?

Nikolai Gogol
Anton Chekhov
Mikhail Bulgakov

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This author was born in the hospital for the poor in Moscow. Later on he went to St. Petersburg Academy of Military Engineers and graduated as a lieutenant. After that he spent four years in a Siberia prison due to his acquaintance with Butashevich-Petrashevsky. His most famous works are 'The Idiot', 'Crime and Punishment', and 'Brothers Karamazov'. Who is he?

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Boris Pasternak
Kozma Prutkov

4.

This author is well known for his verse novel 'Eugene Onegin' and drama 'Boris Godunov'. He was a jealous man and died at the age of 38 by challenging his wife's admirer to a duel.

Michail Lermontov
Alexander Pushkin
Vladimir Nabokov

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This author is one of most cherished Russian storytellers. He wrote plays and stories, some of them small farces and other much longer dramas. One of his most known works is 'The Three Sisters'. Who is he?

Nikolai Gogol
Ivan Turgenev
Anton Chekhov