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Dmitrii Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiriak - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography
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Born October 25, 1852 in the family of a factory priest. He was educated at home, then studied at the Visim school for workers' children, later at the Yekaterinburg Theological School (1866-1868) and at the Perm Theological Seminary (he did not complete the full course until 1872). In 1872 he entered the veterinary department of the St. Petersburg Medical-Surgical Academy. From 1874 to earn money he wrote reports on meetings of scientific societies for newspapers. In 1876, without graduating from the academy, he transferred to the law faculty of St. Petersburg University. After studying for a year, he was forced to leave the university due to material difficulties and a sharp deterioration in health (pleurisy began).
In the summer of 1877 he returned to the Urals to his parents. The next year, his father died, and the whole burden of worries about the family fell on Dmitry. In order to educate his brothers and sisters and be able to earn money, he moved to the large cultural center of Yekaterinburg, where he married Maria Yakimovna Alekseeva, who became for him not only his wife and friend, but also an excellent adviser on literary issues. During these years, the future writer made many trips to the Urals, studied literature on the history, economics, ethnography of the Urals, got acquainted with folk life.
From the beginning of the 1880s he was engaged in literary work, repeatedly traveled to St. Petersburg.
In 1890 he divorced his first wife, married the artist of the Yekaterinburg Drama Theater Maria Abramova, and moved to St. Petersburg. A year later, Abramova died, leaving her sick daughter Alyonushka in the arms of her father, shocked by this death.
On August 4, 1911, Mamin-Sibiryak suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, which resulted in paralysis of the arm and leg. In the summer of 1912, he again fell ill with pleurisy. He died on November 15, 1912 in St. Petersburg. Buried at the Volkovskoye cemetery in St. Petersburg.
