ording ▁to ▁the ▁aut ograph ) ▁on ▁ 3 0 ▁July ▁- ▁ 8 ▁August ▁ 1 8 7 0 ▁and ▁first ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁September , ▁No . 9 , ▁ 1 8 7 0 ▁issue ▁of ▁O tech est ven ny e ▁Z apis ki . ▁It ▁came ▁out ▁with ▁a ▁dedic ation ▁to ▁Z ina ida ▁Nikol ay ev na , ▁N ek ras ov ' s ▁wife . ▁ ▁The ▁prototype ▁of ▁the ▁poem ' s ▁hero ▁is ▁believed ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁Dec em br ist ▁Serge y ▁Volk ons ky ▁whose ▁return ▁to ▁Moscow ▁from ▁the ▁Si ber ian ▁ex ile ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 6 ▁was ▁warm ly ▁gre et ed ▁by ▁the ▁Russian ▁intellig ents ia . ▁But ▁while ▁a ▁former ▁Russian ▁army ▁general ▁re - emer ged ▁( acc ording ▁to ▁Ivan ▁A ks akov ) ▁" a ▁wise , ▁peace ful ▁man , ▁full ▁of ▁most ▁ar dent ▁adm iration ▁to ▁the ▁modern ▁day ▁re forms ▁started ▁by ▁our ▁monarch ," ▁ ▁N ek ras ov ▁made ▁a ▁point ▁to ▁show ▁his ▁Grand father ▁as ▁an ▁un rep ent ant ▁re bel , ▁dis g usted ▁with ▁the ▁ts ar ist ▁regime . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : Po etry ▁by ▁Nikol ay ▁N ek ras ov ▁Category : 1 8 7 0 ▁po ems <0x0A> </s> ▁Bur ton - on - Y ore ▁( histor ically ▁also ▁Bur ton ▁upon ▁U re ) ▁is ▁a ▁civil ▁parish ▁in ▁the ▁Har rog ate