Nikolai Pomyalovsky

Nikolai Gerasimovich Pomyalovsky , , was a Russian novelist and short story writer.

Pomyalovsky was born in Saint Petersburg in 1835. His father was a deacon in the Orthodox Church in Malaya Okhta, a village on the bank of the Neva River, across from Saint Petersburg. Pomyalovsky studied at the Alexander Nevsky Theological School , where his lifelong problem with alcoholism began, and at the Saint Petersburg Theological Academy . His work Seminary Sketches is a harrowing description of his years in these schools. Though a talented student, he graduated next to last in his class, and wasnt recommended for a deaconship.

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