Mikhail Katkov
Russian publicist and politician (1818-1887) · Russia · On the map · Politicians · Died at 68
Mikhail Nikiforovich Katkov 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.
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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 and newspaper Moskovskie Vedomosti were successful and influential media for promoting his views.
