* Ivan Turgenev (1818-1883) (writer):
- Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev was a Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright. His first major publication, a short story collection entitled A Sportsman's Sketches, is a milestone of Russian Realism (Chủ nghĩa hiện thực), and his novel Fathers and Sons is regarded as one of the major works of 19th-century fiction.
- Quote: 'The only people who treasure systems are those whom the whole truth evades, who want to catch it by the tail. A system is just like truth's tail, but the truth is like a lizard. It will leave the tail in your hand and escape; it knows that it will soon grow another tail.' (Ivan Turgenev's letter to Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy, 1857)
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* Lev Tolstoy (also Leo Tolstoy) (1828-1910) (writer):
- Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a Russian writer of realist fiction and philosophical essays. His works War and Peace and Anna Karenina represent, in their scope, breadth and vivid depiction of 19th-century Russian life and attitudes, a peak of realist fiction.
- Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev was a Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright. His first major publication, a short story collection entitled A Sportsman's Sketches, is a milestone of Russian Realism (Chủ nghĩa hiện thực), and his novel Fathers and Sons is regarded as one of the major works of 19th-century fiction.
- Quote: 'The only people who treasure systems are those whom the whole truth evades, who want to catch it by the tail. A system is just like truth's tail, but the truth is like a lizard. It will leave the tail in your hand and escape; it knows that it will soon grow another tail.' (Ivan Turgenev's letter to Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy, 1857)
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* Lev Tolstoy (also Leo Tolstoy) (1828-1910) (writer):
- Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a Russian writer of realist fiction and philosophical essays. His works War and Peace and Anna Karenina represent, in their scope, breadth and vivid depiction of 19th-century Russian life and attitudes, a peak of realist fiction.
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