▁the ▁home ▁of ▁the ▁arist ocr atic ▁Ag ap ov ▁family , ▁where ▁S olog ub ▁and ▁his ▁younger ▁sister ▁Ol ga ▁grew ▁up . ▁The ▁family ▁took ▁an ▁interest ▁in ▁the ▁education ▁of ▁young ▁F y odor , ▁sending ▁him ▁to ▁a ▁ped og og ical ▁institution ▁where ▁S olog ub ▁was ▁a ▁model ▁student . ▁See ing ▁how ▁difficult ▁his ▁mother ' s ▁life ▁was , ▁S olog ub ▁was ▁determined ▁to ▁rescue ▁her ▁from ▁it , ▁and ▁after ▁gradu ating ▁from ▁the ▁St . ▁Petersburg ▁Te ach ers ' ▁Institute ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 2 ▁he ▁took ▁his ▁mother ▁and ▁sister ▁with ▁him ▁to ▁his ▁first ▁teaching ▁post ▁in ▁K rest ts y , ▁where ▁he ▁began ▁his ▁literary ▁career ▁with ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 4 ▁publication ▁in ▁a ▁children ' s ▁magazine ▁of ▁his ▁poem ▁" The ▁Fox ▁and ▁the ▁H edge h og " ▁under ▁the ▁name ▁Te - r nik ov . ▁ ▁S olog ub ▁continued ▁writing ▁as ▁he ▁re located ▁to ▁new ▁jobs ▁in ▁Vel iki ye ▁Lu ki ▁( 1 8 8 5 ) ▁and ▁V y te gra ▁( 1 8 8 9 ), ▁but ▁felt ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁completely ▁isolated ▁from ▁the ▁literary ▁world ▁and ▁long ed ▁to ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁live ▁in ▁the ▁capital ▁again ; ▁never theless , ▁his ▁de cade - long ▁experience ▁with ▁the ▁" f right ful ▁world " ▁of ▁back wood s ▁provincial ▁life ▁served ▁him ▁well ▁when ▁he ▁came ▁to ▁write ▁The ▁Pet