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Kozma PrutkovThe fictional Russian author with nowhere else to be today.

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Kozma Petrovich Prutkov is a fictional author invented by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817-1875) and his cousins, the brothers Alexei Zhemchuzhnikov (1821-1908), (1830-1884) and (1826-1896), during the later part of the rule (1825-1855) of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia. The four distinguished satirical poets used this pseudonym as a collective pen-name to publish parody aphorisms, fables, and epigrams, as well as satiric, humorous and nonsense verses in the 1850s and 1860s, most notably in the literary magazine Sovremennik (The Contemporary). According to the (fictional) Biographical data on Kozma Prutkov, Prutkov, allegedly born on April 11, 1803, died on January 13, 1863. He worked for the government of the Russian Empire his entire adult life, and in 1820 entered military service as a hussar only for the uniform. He worked at the Assay Office (Пробирная Палата) from 1823 until his death, ending up as its director. Quotes

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Notable quotes

“If you want to be beautiful, enroll in the Hussars.”
— Если хочешь быть красивым, поступи в гусары.
“Where is the beginning of the end that comes at the end of the beginning?”
— Где начало того конца, которым оканчивается начало?
“And once again: nobody will embrace the unembraceable!”
— Опять скажу: никто не обнимет необъятного!
“Let the exact fit of the ammunition be the goal of the soldier's ambition.”
— Да будет целью солдатской амбиции Точная пригонка амуниции. (Russian амуниция means not gunpowder and bullets, but serviceman equipment except uniform and weapons)
“Wisdom is like turtle soup in that not everybody can get it.”
— Мудрость, подобно черепаховому супу, не всякому доступна.
“Is there anybody in the world who could embrace the unembraceable?”
— Есть ли на свете человек, который мог бы обнять необъятное?

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Overview

Kozma Petrovich Prutkov is a fictional author invented by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817-1875) and his cousins, the brothers Alexei Zhemchuzhnikov (1821-1908), (1830-1884) and (1826-1896), during the later part of the rule (1825-1855) of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia. The four distinguished satirical poets used this pseudonym as a collective pen-name to publish parody aphorisms, fables, and epigrams, as well as satiric, humorous and nonsense verses in the 1850s and 1860s, most notably in the literary magazine Sovremennik (The Contemporary). According to the (fictional) Biographical data on Kozma Prutkov, Prutkov, allegedly born on April 11, 1803, died on January 13, 1863. He worked for the government of the Russian Empire his entire adult life, and in 1820 entered military service as a hussar only for the uniform. He worked at the Assay Office (Пробирная Палата) from 1823 until his death, ending up as its director. Quotes

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Kozma Petrovich Prutkov is a fictional author invented by Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy (1817-1875) and his cousins, the brothers Alexei Zhemchuzhnikov (1821-1908), (1830-1884) and (1826-1896), during the later part of the rule (1825-1855) of Emperor Nicholas I of Russia.

Notable quotes

“If you want to be beautiful, enroll in the Hussars.”
— Если хочешь быть красивым, поступи в гусары.
“Where is the beginning of the end that comes at the end of the beginning?”
— Где начало того конца, которым оканчивается начало?
“And once again: nobody will embrace the unembraceable!”
— Опять скажу: никто не обнимет необъятного!
“Let the exact fit of the ammunition be the goal of the soldier's ambition.”
— Да будет целью солдатской амбиции Точная пригонка амуниции. (Russian амуниция means not gunpowder and bullets, but serviceman equipment except uniform and weapons)
“Wisdom is like turtle soup in that not everybody can get it.”
— Мудрость, подобно черепаховому супу, не всякому доступна.
“Is there anybody in the world who could embrace the unembraceable?”
— Есть ли на свете человек, который мог бы обнять необъятное?

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Kozma Prutkov across IJR

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Kozma PrutkovThe fictional Russian author with nowhere else to be today.

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