Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin was born on January 27, 1826 in Spas-Ugol, Tver Governorate, Russian Empire [now Moscow Oblast, Russia]. He was a writer, known for
House of Greed (1934),
Poshekhonskaya starina (1977) and
Ono (1990). He died on May 10, 1889 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia].