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Russian novelist and official (1812–1891)

Also known as: Iwan Alexandrowitsch Gontscharow, I.A. Gontsjarov, Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov, Ivan Alexandrovič Gončarov, Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov, Iwan Gontscharow

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Known works

Обломов
I.A. Goncharov's account of Russia's attempt to open Japan in 1853
Obryv
Fregat "Pallada"
I.A. Goncharov - kritik