Nekrasov’s poetry was truly innovative. The topics of his poetry, which had been believed to be too “prosaic” for a lyric poet before,
were touched upon for the first time. An outdois scene, “a picture”, would be able to be used as material for only a satirical sketch or a
reporter’s essay “were remelted” by the poet into the form of a parable or a heart-to-heart song. Responding to the most burning
questions of political life in Russia, experiencing the period of severe social calamaties, Nekrasov appealed to the genre-traditional writing
of an ode, “high” elegy. “A muse of revenge and Sorrow” was able to join in the public activities and take part in the matter of people’s
liberation only due to the great power of an aesthetical influence.

A live conversational folk speed was exposed with its full expression and colon in the poet’s lyre, especially in his worldwide poems.
Nekrasov can be highly praized for his contribution to the development of Russian journalism. The journals “The contemporary” and
“The Home notes” guided by him played a great part in the development of public awareness, they were the leading organizations of
revolutionary and democratic ideas. A lot of outstanding words of Russian literature were published on those pages.

Brief biography:

November 28th (December 10th) 1821 – has born in the family of the landed nobility.

After he had refused to serve in army, the father disinherited him. Then his life in St – Petersburg, hardships, poverty.

The first collection of poems, published by Nekrasov in 1840 was called “Dreams and Sounds”. It was imitative and romantic, it was
imsuccessful, critisized by Belinsky.

Afterwards Necrasov experienced a great influend of Belinsky’s ideas.

1847 –1866 – edited and published the journal “The Contemporary” since 1868 – in cooperation with M.E.Saltykov-Shchedrin edited
the journal “The Home notes”.

1856 – The poem “Sasha”, “A student”, "A poet and a Citizen”.

1861 – the poem “Box-sellers”, the poem “The peasant children”.

1862 – the poems “The green noise”, “The harvest time”.

1863 – 1864 – the poem “The Frost, Red Nose”, poems “Devoted to the memory of Dobrolubov”, “The Rate way”.

1870 – the poem “The Grandfather”, children’s poem “Grandfather Mazai and hares”.

1872 – 1873 – the poem “Russian women”, “Three elegies”.

1874 – “Elegy” (Let a fashion tell us).

1875 – 1876 – the Satirical poem “The Coutemporaries”.

1863 – 1877 – the unfinished poem “Who lives well in Russia”, “The Last Songs”.

December 27th, 1877 (January 8th 1878) – died in St-Petersburg after a long ibness.