10 Facts About Pyotr Boborykin

Pyotr Boborykin studied at Kazan State University and the Dorpat University, but he never completed his education.

Pyotr Boborykin made his debut as a playwright in 1860.

Pyotr Boborykin was the editor-publisher of the journal Library for Reading, and simultaneously worked for the theatre magazine Russian Stage.

Pyotr Boborykin spent a long period abroad in the 1890s, where he met Emile Zola, Edmond de Goncourt and Alphonse Daudet.

Pyotr Boborykin married Sophia Boborykina, a Russian and French translator, writer, and actress in 1872.

Pyotr Boborykin was the author of numerous novels, novellas, short stories, plays, and works on the history of Western European and Russian literature.

The wide use of the term "intelligentsia" in Russian culture began in the 1860s, when Pyotr Boborykin first used it in the press.

Pyotr Boborykin explained that the term was borrowed from German culture, where it was used to describe the part of society which is engaged in intellectual activity.

Pyotr Boborykin added a special meaning to the term: the definition of intellectuals as representatives of "high intellectual and ethical culture," and not simply "knowledge workers".

Pyotr Boborykin was credited with inventing the snack salad "Erundopel", first introduced in the pages of Kitay-Gorod.