Alexander Neverov
Alexander Sergeyevich Neverov (; 24 December 1886 – 24 December 1923), was a Russian/Soviet writer and teacher. Neverov was his pseudonym; his real last name was Skobelev (). Biography Neverov was born on 20 December 1886 in the village of Novikovka Melekess, Samara Province. His father was a farmer, a former non-commissioned officer of the Life Guard Lancers who later withdrew from the village and served as a doorman in the city. Neverov spent his childhood, until the age of 16, living in the home of his grandfather. This was due mostly to his father's military service. He received his earliest education at a local church school. In 1903 he was accepted at a secondary school in Ozerkino. He graduated after three years of study with a diploma which gave him the qualifications of an elementary school teacher. In his third year in Ozerkino he published his first story in The Temperance Messenger, a St Petersburg newspaper. After 1906, Neverov worked as a rural teacher, while at the same time publishing stories in magazines. He married in 1912. In 1915 he spent time as a nurse in Samara. During the Revolution he became friendly with members of the Socialist Revolutionary