I.S.Turgenev - imja unikal'noe dazhe v zolotoj plejade klassikov russkoj prozy XIX veka. Jeto pisatel', ch'e bezuprechnoe literaturnoe masterstvo sootnositsja so stol' zhe bezuprechnym znaniem chelovecheskoj dushi. Turgenev obogatil russkuju literaturu samymi plenitel'nymi zhenskimi obrazami i voshititel'nymi, pojetichnymi kartinami prirody. Proizvedenija Turgeneva, oblekajushhie vysokuju sut' v izjashhno-prostuju sjuzhetnuju formu, po-prezhnemu ne podvlastny zakonam vremeni - i po-prezhnemu chitajutsja tak, slovno napisany vchera... V knigu voshli povest' Veshnie vody i roman Rudin Veshnie vody - povest' Ivana Sergeevicha Turgeneva, rasskazyvajushhaja istoriju ljubvi russkogo pomeshhika za granicej. Rudin. Odin iz luchshih romanov Turgeneva. Odna iz sil'nejshih za vsju istoriju otechestvennoj prozy knig o tragedii russkogo intelligenta, ne sposobnogo na reshitel'nyj postupok i bukval'no gubjashhego i sebja, i blizkih beskonechnoj, muchitel'noj bezdejatel'nost'ju...
Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (Cyrillic: Иван Сергеевич Тургенев) was a novelist, poet, and dramatist, and now ranks as one of the towering figures of Russian literature. His major works include the short-story collection A Sportsman’s Sketches (1852) and the novels Rudin (1856), Home of the Gentry (1859), On the Eve (1860), and Fathers and Sons (1862).
These works offer realistic, affectionate portrayals of the Russian peasantry and penetrating studies of the Russian intelligentsia who were attempting to move the country into a new age. His masterpiece, Fathers and Sons, is considered one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century.
Turgenev was a contemporary with Fyodor Dostoevsky and Leo Tolstoy. While these wrote about church and religion, Turgenev was more concerned with the movement toward social reform in Russia.