Mikhail Katkov
Russian politician
Died when: 69 years 169 days (833 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Mikhail Nikiforovich Katkov (Russian: ?????´? ????´??????? ?????´?; 13 February 1818 – 1 August 1887) was a conservative Russian journalist influential during the reign of tsar Alexander III.He was a proponent of Russian nationalism, an important figure in the creation of a feeling of national identity and purpose.
After the Crimean War (1856) and the Polish insurrection of 1863, Katkov abandoned his liberal Anglophile views and rejected the early reforms of tsar Alexander II.
Instead he promoted a strong Russian state supported by an enthusiastic Russian people with a unified national outlook.His ideas were based on Western ideas (as opposed to Slavophile ideas).
His literary magazine Russkii Vestnik ("The Russian Messenger") and newspaper Moskovskie Vedomosti ("Moscow News") were successful and influential media for promoting his views.
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