In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country's fate, you alone are my comfort and support, oh great, powerful, righteous, and free Russian language!
-- Ivan Turgenev
   
Ivan Turgenev   Name:
Ivan Turgenev
Type:
Novelist
Nationality:
Russian
Birth:
October 28, 1818
Death:
September 3, 1883
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