Герой нашего времени
In February 1838, Lermontov arrived at Novgorod to join his new regiment. In less than two months time, though, Arsenyeva ensured his transfer to the Petersburg-based Hussars Guard regiment. At this point, in Petersburg, Lermontov started working on "A Hero of Our Time", a novel which later earned him recognition as one of the founding fathers of Russian prose.