Statistics for Russian authors

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  • This quiz has been taken 21 times
  • The average score is 8 of 16

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HintAnswer% Correct
His "Idiot" and "Crime and Punishment" are read all over the worldFyodor Dostoyevsky
100%
An aristocrat, considered to be Russian greatest writer and thinker, he left his home and then died in a small appartement on the train station.Leo Tolstoy
100%
He is considered to be Russian greatest poet, author of "Eugene Onegin"Alexander Pushkin
94%
He was a troubled soul and famously burnt his bookNikolai Gogol
88%
He was a poet, a writer and renowned translator. For "Doctor Zhivago" he received Nobel Prize, but was bullied and tried by Soviet government, which is rumored to have led to his early death.Boris Pasternak
82%
His play was known as Stalin's favorite, but he portrayed him as a Satan in his masterpieceMikhail Bulgakov
76%
A doctor and acclaimed short-story/play writer famously said that: "Medicine is my lawful wife and literature - my mistress"Anton Chekhov
59%
Poet who was a big fan of the above and died very youngMikhail Lermontov
59%
This writer was the first Russian to receive the Nobel Prize in literatureIvan Bunin
35%
He didn't complete his school education and yet became one of the most prolific poets. He was forced out of USSR and received Nobel Prize in literature in 1987.Joseph Brodsky
35%
Her children books are still read by many kids in RussiaAgniya Barto
18%
Author of "Primary Chronicle", which tells the history of early RussiaNestor
18%
He couldn't be published in USSR, immigrated to New York and died young. He is now one of the most read Russian authors. His most famous works are "The Suitcase" and "Pushkin Hills"Sergei Dovlatov
18%
His masterpiece "The Kolyma Tales" depict true horrors of Gulag system that he enduredVarlam Shalamov
18%
Author of "Moscow-Petushki", he has infamously predicted his own death in itVenedikt Yerofeyev
12%
His poem "Babiy Yar" was a protest against Soviet government denial of atrocities against Jewish citizens, committed by Nazi'sYevgeny Yevtushenko
12%

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