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1831 – 1895Nikolai Leskov (1831-1895)Born 16 February 1831Leskov was a Russian writer known for short stories and novels depicting provincial life and the clergy, including Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District. His vivid, idiomatic prose style influenced later Russian writers though he was less celebrated abroad than contemporaries like Tolstoy and Dostoevsky.