10] November 1885, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a Russian poet, novelist and playwright, who also used the pseudonym P.
Alminsky.
A member of the Petrashevsky Circle, Palm in 1847 was arrested, spent 8 months in the Petropavlovsk Fortress, had his death sentence changed to deportation and served 7 years in the Russian Army.
Among his best known works are Alexey Slobodin.
The History of One Family (1874, novel) and Our Friend Neklyuzhev (1879, drama).