About the book: 1994 / The book by the famous literary critic Nikolai Skatov is dedicated to the biography of N.A. Nekrasov, remarkable not only for his poetic creativity, but also for the contribution that he made to Russian culture, being the editor of the largest literary and journalistic magazines. Nekrasov appears in the book as a “Russian historical type,” as Dostoevsky put it, in all the splendor of his rich and controversial culture. Nekrasov is not only a great poet, but also a great player and hunter; he just as passionately loves all the pleasures that wealth gives a person, as passionately as he desires to alleviate the difficult lot of an oppressed and oppressed people.