Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov 1821-1878) is one of Russia’s most famous poets, though less known abroad. Painfully aware of the injustice of serfdom, Nekrasov (the “master poet of the peasant masses...
It is some such joy that the man who truly loves the noblest in letters feels when tasting for the first time the simple delights of Russian literature. A tasteful collection.