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Ivan Goncharov (1812–1891)
Goncharóv, Ivan Aleksandrovich (gōn-chä-rov’). A Russian novelist; born in Simbirsk, June 18, 1812; died at Petrograd, Sept. 27, 1891. Upon completing his university studies at Moscow, he obtained a post under the government and was sent to Japan. He translated numerous masterpieces of literature into Russian, but soon began the production of works of his own. These include ‘A Common Story,’ ‘The Precipice,’ and ‘Oblómof’ (1859). (See Critical and Biographical Introduction).