Gleb Uspensky

Gleb Ivanovich Uspensky , was a Russian writer, and a prominent figure of the Narodnik movement.

Gleb Uspensky was born in Tula, the son of Ivan Yakovlevich Uspensky, a senior official in the local government Office of State Property, and Nadezhda Glebovna Uspenskaya . He was named after his grandfather on his mothers side, Gleb Fomich Sokolov who served as the head of the Office of State Property in Tula and Kaluga . Gleb Uspensky received his early education in the homes of his parents and grandfather. In 1853 Gleb entered the Tula gymnasium where he excelled, his name never leaving the socalled golden desk there, according to a fellow students memoirs. In 1856 he moved with his family to Chernigov. While studying in the local gymnasium, Uspensky devoted much of his time to reading the Russian classics and participated in the schools literary almanac Young Stems.

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