Turgenev was born into an old and wealthy family at Oryol, Russia, in the province of the same name, on October 28, 1818.
Turgenev was impressed with the more modern society he witnessed in Western Europe, and went back home a "Westernizer", as opposed to a "Slavophile", believing that Russia could improve itself by imitating the West and abolishing outdated institutions such as serfdom.
Turgenev's early attempts in literature, poems and sketches, had indications of genius and were favorably spoken of by Belinsky, then the leading Russian critic.
Turgenev was born into an old and wealthy family at Orel, in the province of the same name, on October 28, 1818.
Turgenev, as a young Russian studying abroad, was generally impressed with the more modern society he witnessed in Western Europe and he went back home a "Westernizer", as opposed to a "Slavophile", who believed that Russia can improve itself only by imitating the West and abolishing outdated institutions such as serfdom.
Turgenev's early attempts in literature, consisting of poems and trifling sketches, may be passed over here; they were not without indications of genius, and were favorably spoken of by Belinsky, then the leading Russian critic, for whom Turgenev ever cherished a warm regard.
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