Leonid andreyev biography channel

Children

The Silver Age gave Russian literature many bright names. One of the founders of Russian Expressionism, Leonid Andreev, with his peculiar style, rightfully occupies a place in the galaxy of talents at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Childhood and youth

On August 9, 1871, a boy was born into the family of Nikolai Ivanovich, a land surveyor-taxator and the daughter of the Polish landowner Anastasia Nikolaevna, nee Patskovskaya.

They named the baby Leonid, and it was he who was destined to write in the future works that still touch hearts, touch the hidden strings human soul.

The Andreevs lived in the city of Orel on 2nd Pushkarnaya Street - the one on which the writer later settled the characters of one of his first stories "Bargamot and Garaska".

By the time the child was born, the surveyor's family had finally found at least some financial stability.

Leonid's father was respected by his neighbors for his strong