Russian novelist and dramatist (8)

I believe the answer is:

turgenev

(Other definitions for turgenev that I've seen before include "River at Stratford" , "Ivan -, Russian author (A Month in the Country)" , "Ivan -------- (1818-1883), writer about Russian life as in Fathers and Sons" , "Dramatist" , "Ivan -, Russian novelist (Fathers and Sons)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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