Alexey Ivanov-Classic

Alexey Fyodorovich Ivanov was a Russian writer and poet, better known under his pen name Ivanov-Classic.
Having debuted as a published author in 1861, Ivanov was spotted by Vasily Kurochkin who invited him to become a major contributor to the Iskra magazine. It was there that his numerous poems were published to make their author one of the best-known masters of humorous and satirical verse of his time in Russia. Many of them were collected in the books Pesni Klassika, Na rassvete, Stikhotvoreniya. He also authored the short novel Besputnye deti, as well as Vesyoly poputchik, a compilation of travel sketches and stories he wrote during his numerous journeys, to Austria, Italy, Germany, as well over Siberia, Ukraine and Caucasus.