Mikhail Artsybashev (1878 - 1927)

Mikhail Petrovich Artsybashev (Russian: Михаи́л Петро́вич Арцыба́шев) was a Russian writer and playwright, and a major proponent of the literary style known as naturalism. He was the great grandson of Tadeusz Kościuszko and the father of Boris Artzybasheff, who emigrated to the United States and became famous as an illustrator.