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Stepan Grigorievich Pisakhov
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Stepan Grigorievich Pisakhov – a Russian writer, ethnographer, storyteller and artist, and a painting instructor. He is mainly known for stories about the lives of the Pomors. He was born on 13 (25) October 1879 in Arkhangelsk and was closely connected with that city throughout his life. Pisakhov graduated from the Arkhangelsk City School and continued his studies at the Baron Stieglitz St. Petersburg Art School. In 1909–1910 he studied at the Paris 'Académie Libre'.
His artworks were exhibited in Arkhangelsk and St. Petersburg (1912, silver medal). Pisakhov also took part in the expedition to search for Georgy Sedov and carried out ethnographic research among the Sami (1914). Pisakhov's literary activity began with the publication of the fairy tale 'If you don't like it — don't listen...' in the collection 'On the Northern Dvina'. His tales were published in the almanac 'Soviet Country'. In 1939 he was accepted into the Union of Soviet Writers. Stepan Grigorievich Pisakhov died on 3 May 1960 in Arkhangelsk and was buried in the Ilyinsky Cemetery.
Date of birth
25 October 1879
Date of death
03 May 1960
Occupation
Writer