▁( un av ail ing , ▁as ▁it ▁turned ▁out ) ▁to ▁avoid ▁confusion ▁with ▁Count ▁Vladimir ▁Sol log ub . ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 4 ▁his ▁first ▁short ▁story , ▁" N ino chk ina ▁o sh ib ka " ▁( N ino ch ka ' s ▁M ist ake ), ▁was ▁published ▁in ▁Ill ust ri rov anny ▁Mir , ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁aut umn ▁of ▁that ▁year ▁his ▁mother ▁died . ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 6 ▁he ▁published ▁his ▁first ▁three ▁books : ▁a ▁book ▁of ▁po ems , ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁short ▁stories , ▁and ▁his ▁first ▁novel , ▁Ty az hely e ▁s ny ▁( Bad ▁Dream s ), ▁which ▁he ▁had ▁begun ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 3 ▁and ▁which ▁is ▁considered ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁dec ad ent ▁Russian ▁nov els . ▁ ▁In ▁April ▁ 1 8 9 7 ▁he ▁ended ▁his ▁association ▁with ▁Sever ny ▁V est nik ▁and , ▁along ▁with ▁M ere zh kov sky ▁and ▁Gi pp ius , ▁began ▁writing ▁for ▁the ▁journal ▁Sever ▁( N orth ). ▁The ▁next ▁year ▁his ▁first ▁series ▁of ▁fair y ▁tales ▁was ▁published . ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 9 ▁he ▁was ▁appointed ▁principal ▁of ▁the ▁And ree v sk oe ▁municipal ▁school ▁and ▁re located ▁to ▁their ▁prem ises ▁on ▁Vas il iev sky ▁Island ; ▁he ▁also ▁became ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁St . ▁Petersburg ▁District ▁School ▁Council . ▁He ▁continued ▁to ▁publish ▁books ▁of ▁poetry , ▁and ▁in