Turgenev, Ivan Sergeyevich was born in Oryol province of the Russian Empire.
Turgenev's education went on in Moscow private boarding houses, and then at Moscow University. Not graduating from it, Turgenev went to the Philosophical Department of St. Petersburg University. He also hhad education abroad, and then he traveled round Europe.
A well-known character by Turgenev is Mumu - a dog, drowned by Gerasim in a story by Turgenev.