Fyodor Sologub (real name Fyodor Kuzmich Teternikov; 1863—1927) was an outstanding Russian poet and prose writer, a leading representative of the Symbolist-Decadent movement in literature at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. His work is characterized by deep pessimism, a gloomy perception of life, and a sharp focus on the theme of death. Sologub created a unique poetic world d...