Pavel Ivanovich Melnikov
Pavel Ivanovich Melnikov ( Russian Павел Иванович Мельников ., Scientific transliteration Pavel Ivanovich Mel'nikov , Pseudonym: Andrei Pechersky , Russian Андрей Печерский ; born October 25 . Jul / 6. November 1818 greg. In Nizhny Novgorod ; † February 1 jul. / 13. February 1883 greg. ) was a Russian writer who for his two-part novel in the woods and on the mountains is known of the life of Russian Old Believers in the Volga region Zavolzhye describes. The novel In the Forests had a great influence on Nikolai Andrejewitsch Rimski-Korsakow and his opera The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitesch and of the Virgin Fewronija .
Works
- The Old Times (1857)
- In the woods (1868–1874)
- In the mountains (1875–1881)
Web links
- Literature by and about Pawel Iwanowitsch Melnikow in the catalog of the German National Library
- Hanns-Martin Wietek: Pawel Iwanowitsch Melnikow - chronicler of the Old Believers
- Article Pawel Iwanowitsch Melnikow in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia (BSE) , 3rd edition 1969–1978 (Russian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Fiona Jane Schopf: Music on Stage, p. 166
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| SURNAME | Melnikow, Pavel Ivanovich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pechersky, Andrei (pseudonym); Melnikov, Pavel Ivanovich (English); Mel'nikov, Pavel Ivanovič (ru-Latn); Мельников, Павел Иванович (Russian); Печерский, Андрей (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 6, 1818 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nizhny Novgorod |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 13, 1883 |
| Place of death | Nizhny Novgorod |