Saltykov's predilection for literary work induced him to end his government service, and in 1862 he retired and moved to Saint Petersburgh to join the Nekrasov's "Sovremennik", greatly undermined by the death of Dobrolyubov and Chernyshevsky's arrest.
Saltykov's predilection for literary work induced him to end his government service. In the early 1863 Saltykov moved to Saint Petersburgh to join the Nekrasov's "Sovremennik", greatly undermined by the death of Dobrolyubov and Chernyshevsky's arrest.