Mikhail Mikhailov (writer)

Mikhail Larionovitch Mikhailov (Russian: Михаил Ларионович Михайлов) (16 January 1829 – 15 August 1865) was a Russian author.

Mikhail Mikhailov
BornMikhail Larionovitch Mikhailov
16 January 1829
Ufa, Russian Empire
Died15 August 1865 (aged 36)
Kadai village, Russian Empire

Biography edit

He was educated at Saint Petersburg and engaged in literary pursuits as a translator, journalist and writer of fiction. His political sympathies caused his exile to Siberia.[1]

Writing edit

He was a contributor to Sovremennik (“The Contemporary”) and an advocate of the reforms of the self-emancipation era. His collected translations and writings were published (3 vols., 1858–59).[1]

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  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainRines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). "Mikhailov, Mikhail Larionovitch" . Encyclopedia Americana. This source gives a birthyear of 1826, as does Nordisk familjebok, but all the Wikipedia articles in other languages on this topic use the date of 1829.