▁long ▁struggle , ▁he ▁died ▁on ▁ 5 ▁December ▁in ▁L ening rad . ▁Two ▁days ▁later ▁he ▁was ▁buried ▁next ▁to ▁his ▁wife ▁in ▁Sm ol ensk ▁C emetery . ▁ ▁While ▁S olog ub ' s ▁nov els ▁have ▁become ▁his ▁best - known ▁works , ▁he ▁has ▁always ▁been ▁respect ed ▁by ▁sch ol ars ▁and ▁fellow ▁authors ▁for ▁his ▁poetry . ▁ ▁The ▁Symbol ist ▁poet ▁Val ery ▁Bry us ov ▁adm ired ▁the ▁de cept ive ▁simplicity ▁of ▁S olog ub ' s ▁poetry ▁and ▁described ▁it ▁as ▁possess ing ▁a ▁P ush kin ian ▁per fection ▁of ▁form . ▁Inn ok enty ▁Ann ens ky , ▁another ▁poet ▁and ▁contemporary ▁of ▁S olog ub , ▁wrote ▁that ▁the ▁most ▁original ▁aspect ▁of ▁S olog ub ' s ▁poetry ▁was ▁its ▁author ' s ▁unw illing ness ▁to ▁separate ▁himself ▁from ▁his ▁literature . ▁ ▁The ▁Pet ty ▁Dem on ▁ ▁The ▁Pet ty ▁Dem on ▁attempted ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁description ▁of ▁ ▁pos h lost ', ▁a ▁Russian ▁concept ▁that ▁has ▁characteristics ▁of ▁both ▁evil ▁and ▁ban ality . ▁The ▁anti h ero ▁is ▁a ▁provincial ▁school te acher , ▁Per ed on ov , ▁notable ▁for ▁his ▁complete ▁lack ▁of ▁re de em ing ▁human ▁qual ities . ▁The ▁novel ▁rec ount s ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁the ▁mor ally ▁cor rupt ▁Per ed on ov ▁going ▁ins ane ▁and ▁par ano id ▁in ▁an ▁un named ▁Russian ▁provincial ▁town , ▁parallel ▁with ▁his ▁struggle ▁to ▁be