Konstantin Paustovsky

Moscow

Birthplace and one of the two main cities of his later life (along with Tarusa). (1892; 1923-1968)

Kyiv

Gymnasium and university years; he wrote early texts 'On the Water', which was published in a Kyiv almanac. (1898-1914 (study); 1918 (return))

Bryansk

He lived with his uncle for several months after his family broke apart. (1908)

Dnipro (then Yekaterinoslav)

Worked at the Bryansk Metallurgical Plant during the war years. (1916)

Donetsk (then Yuzovka)

Worked at a metallurgical plant during World War I. (1916)

Taganrog

While working at a boiler plant, he began the novel 'Romantics'. (1916)

Odesa

Lived for about two years and worked in newspapers; he completed the novel 'Romantics' here in 1923. (1919-1921; 1923)

Sukhumi

One of the Caucasus cities where he lived after Odesa during the Civil War years. (early 1920s)

Batumi

Lived there and contributed to local press; Black Sea and Caucasus impressions later entered his southern prose. (early 1920s)

Tbilisi

One of the key stops of his Caucasus period; worked in the Transcaucasian newspaper scene. (early 1920s)

Yerevan

Part of his Caucasus travel route after Odesa. (early 1920s)

Baku

A Caspian hub in his southern travels; the Caspian theme later appears in his prose of the 1930s. (early 1920s)

Solotcha (Ryazan Region)

A long-term place of living and work; Solotcha lies in the Meshchera area, and those wider regional impressions became the basis of a major layer of his prose. (1930s - early 1950s)

Almaty (then Alma-Ata)

Wartime evacuation; worked on the play 'Until the Heart Stops' and the novel 'Smoke of the Fatherland'. (1941-1943)

Tarusa

The main town of his later years (together with Moscow); his late circle and cultural milieu took shape here. (1950s - 1968)