Nikolay Konstantinovich Mikhaylovsky

Nikolay Konstantinovich Mikhaylovsky (born Nov. 27 [Nov. 15, Old Style], 1842, Meshchovsk, Russia—died Feb. 10 [Jan. 28], 1904, St. Petersburg) was a Russian literary critic and publicist whose views provided much of the theoretical basis for the Populist (Narodnik) movement. Born into a noble family and trained as a mining engineer, Mikhaylovsky began writing for the press in 1860. From 1868 to 1884 he was associated with the widely read St. Petersburg literary journal Otechestvennye...