Nikolai Uspensky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Russian writer and journalist
Date of Birth: 31-May-1837
Place of Birth: Tula, Tula Oblast, Russia
Date of Death: 02-Nov-1889
Profession: writer, journalist
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Nikolai Uspensky
- Nikolai Vasilyevich Uspensky (Russian: ??????´? ????´?????? ????´?????; May 31, 1837 – November 2, 1889) was a Russian writer, and a cousin of fellow writer Gleb Uspensky.
- Uspensky wrote extensively about the realities of peasant life in rural Russia around the time of the Emancipation Act of 1861 by Tsar Alexander II, achieving critical and commercial success.
- After experiencing increasing alienation and career decline, Uspensky died on November 2, 1889, when he committed suicide.
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