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Aksakov (Àêñàêîâ) Sergey
(1791–1859)
«The Scarlet Flower»
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Sergei Aksakov was a 19th century Russian literary figure remembered for his semi-autobiographical tales of a landlord's family life, hunting, fishing, and butterfly collecting.
According to the Velvet Book, the Aksakovs trace their male line to a nephew of Haakon the Old, who settled in Novgorod in 1027. Sergey was born in Ufa, brought up in his family estate at Novo-Aksakovka, and educated in the Kazan University. He settled for a quiet life of sporting country squire in 1816. About two decades later, Aksakov moved to Moscow, where he joined the censorship department and started to publish his notes on hunting and fishing. These made him a national celebrity and won him a number of admirers, some of whom declared Aksakov superior not only to Gogol but even to Shakespeare.
In 1843 Aksakov settled in the village of Abramtsevo, which was also frequented by his Slavophile sons, Konstantin Aksakov and Ivan Aksakov. In the late 1850s he published his most enduring works, The Family Chronicle (1856) and Childhood Years of Grandson Bagrov (1858). These are reminiscences of a childhood spent in the Russian patriarchal family rather than a full-scale work of fiction. Aksakov's semi-autobiographical narratives are unmatched for their objective and detailed description of everyday life of Russian nobility.
Among his lesser works, a fairy tale The Scarlet Flower and an account of his friendship with Gogol should be mentioned. The Scarlet Flower was adapted into an animated feature film in the Soviet Union in 1952.
Russia, 2004, Abramtsevo — house of Aksakov
Sharjah, 1972, Sergey Aksakov
USSR, 1959, Sergey Aksakov
USSR, 1977, «The Scarlet Flower»
Russia, 
Aksakovo, Bashkiria
Russia, Ufa. Aksakov's Museum
USSR, Aksakovo, Bashkiria
USSR, 1991.10.01, Ufa. Birth Bicentenary of Aksakov
Russia, 1997, 
Ufa. Aksakov's Museum
Russia, 2004, Ufa. Museum of Aksakov
USSR, 1991, Ufa. Aksakov's Monument
USSR, 1972.09.06, 
Aksakov's museum in Abramtsevo
USSR, 1991, Birth bicentenary of Sergey Aksakov
