Ivan Goncharov Writer

Ivan GoncharovYou probably heard that Russians are lazy and don’t like to work or that they are different in a way. Goncharov wrote his “Oblomov” trying to find and define this specific difference.

Address:	Moscow, Russia
Contact:	http://www.waytorussia.net/WhatIsRussia/Literature/19thCentury.html
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So, this is a great psychology survey on Russians and their types, but apart it is very interesting saga about two friends, their friendship and their life going on. If you like his style, continue with Goncharov’s other novels: “Obyknovennaya istoria” (can be translated like “A Common story” or “Same Old Story”), and “Obryv”.

Born in 1812, died in 1891.