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Russian writer and nihilist philosopher (1828–1889)
Also known as: Nikolai Gawrilowitsch Tschernyschewski, N. G. Chernyshevsky, Nikolai Gawrilowitsch Tschernischewski, Nikolai Tschernischevski, Nikolai Tschernyschewski, Nikolai Tschernyschewskij
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- Chto delatʹ? (1917)
- Ėstetika i literaturnai͡a︡ kritika (1951)
- Vyskazyvanii︠a︡ N.G. Chernyshevskogo o i︠a︡zyke
- Ėstetika i poėzii︠a︡
- Prologue (1995)