Pisemsky Aleksey Feofilaktovich - Russian writer. It belonged to an ancient noble family impoverished. He graduated from the Mathematics Department of Moscow State University in 1844. About 10 years has been in the public service in Kostroma and Moscow. He appeared in print in 1848. The first Roman Pisemskogo "Boyarschina" (1846, published 1858) was written in the spirit of the natural school of 40th. Fame came to Pisemsky after the "mattress" published...