Pyotr Pavlovich Yershov
Pyotr Pavlovich was born on February 22 (March 5), 1815 in the village of Bezrukovo near Ishim. He was obsessed with seizures, during which he could scream incessantly for hours. The parents, fearing to lose the child, according to an ancient custom, sold him for a penny to a beggar in order to sell the disease, which, according to legend, the beggar took with him. And the child really stopped hurting.
Father Pavel Alekseevich Ershov was a police official, mother Efimiya Vasilyevna, belonged to the family of Tobolsk merchants Pilenkov. The parents of the future poet were unhappy, all their children, except for their son Nicholas, born in 1813, and Peter, died one after the other as soon as they were born. When the family moved to Berezovo, the brothers began to study at the county school. Then the parents assigned the Ershov brothers to the Tobolsk district school. They studied well, and upon graduation, Pyotr Yershov was awarded the "New Testament", on the 1st sheet of which the inscription was made: "Presented at the open trial of the Tobolsk district School to a 2nd grade student Pyotr Yershov for excellent good achievements in science, good morals and diligence."
In 1827, Yershov entered the Tobolsk provincial Gymnasium, the director of which was I.P. Mendeleev, the father of D.I. Mendeleev. He held literary Sundays in the gymnasium, where the students practiced reciting Russian, French and German authors, and reading their own works. After graduating from the gymnasium with honors, he went to St. Petersburg, where he entered the university.
At the age of 19, he became famous as the author of the fairy tale "The Hunchback Horse". Pushkin highly appreciated this work, saying the following: "Now you can leave this kind of writing to me." In 1836, after almost 6 years of separation, Ershov returned to Tobolsk. Initially, he worked as a teacher, and then as an inspector and director of a gymnasium. He was married three times: Serafima Alexandrovna Leshcheva, Olympiada Vasilyevna Kuzmina, Elena Nikolaevna Cherkasova. He resigned in 1862. In recent years, he lived in the house of the merchant Tokarev, since he did not have his own house. He died on August 18 (August 31), 1869. The funeral was held with a large crowd of people, the beloved author of "The Humpbacked Horse" was accompanied by the whole city. His coffin was strewn with autumn asters.
In addition to the famous fairy tale, Pyotr Pavlovich wrote hundreds of poems, poems (for example, "Suzge"), plays for the Tobolsk Theater and short stories.
Father Pavel Alekseevich Ershov was a police official, mother Efimiya Vasilyevna, belonged to the family of Tobolsk merchants Pilenkov. The parents of the future poet were unhappy, all their children, except for their son Nicholas, born in 1813, and Peter, died one after the other as soon as they were born. When the family moved to Berezovo, the brothers began to study at the county school. Then the parents assigned the Ershov brothers to the Tobolsk district school. They studied well, and upon graduation, Pyotr Yershov was awarded the "New Testament", on the 1st sheet of which the inscription was made: "Presented at the open trial of the Tobolsk district School to a 2nd grade student Pyotr Yershov for excellent good achievements in science, good morals and diligence."
In 1827, Yershov entered the Tobolsk provincial Gymnasium, the director of which was I.P. Mendeleev, the father of D.I. Mendeleev. He held literary Sundays in the gymnasium, where the students practiced reciting Russian, French and German authors, and reading their own works. After graduating from the gymnasium with honors, he went to St. Petersburg, where he entered the university.
At the age of 19, he became famous as the author of the fairy tale "The Hunchback Horse". Pushkin highly appreciated this work, saying the following: "Now you can leave this kind of writing to me." In 1836, after almost 6 years of separation, Ershov returned to Tobolsk. Initially, he worked as a teacher, and then as an inspector and director of a gymnasium. He was married three times: Serafima Alexandrovna Leshcheva, Olympiada Vasilyevna Kuzmina, Elena Nikolaevna Cherkasova. He resigned in 1862. In recent years, he lived in the house of the merchant Tokarev, since he did not have his own house. He died on August 18 (August 31), 1869. The funeral was held with a large crowd of people, the beloved author of "The Humpbacked Horse" was accompanied by the whole city. His coffin was strewn with autumn asters.
In addition to the famous fairy tale, Pyotr Pavlovich wrote hundreds of poems, poems (for example, "Suzge"), plays for the Tobolsk Theater and short stories.