Mikhail Semevsky
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Mikhail Ivanovich Semevsky (Russian
: Михаил Иванович Семевский; 1837-92) was a Russia
n amateur historian
who focused on the era of palace revolutions and the history of 18th-century Russia.
Of noble birth, Semevsky received a military education in St. Petersburg and did not retire from civil service until 1882. He assembled the memoirs of no less than 850 individuals, many written on his own request. Semevsky published them through Herzen
's Russian Free Press in London
before establishing the Russkaya Starina
monthly in 1870.
His younger brother, Vasily Semevsky (1849-1916), was a historian of Narodnik
bend. The Russkaya Starina was published under Vasily's auspices until 1877, although the printing press was effectively run by Mikhail until his death in 1892.
Russian language
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: Михаил Иванович Семевский; 1837-92) was a Russia
Russia
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n amateur historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
who focused on the era of palace revolutions and the history of 18th-century Russia.
Of noble birth, Semevsky received a military education in St. Petersburg and did not retire from civil service until 1882. He assembled the memoirs of no less than 850 individuals, many written on his own request. Semevsky published them through Herzen
Alexander Herzen
Aleksandr Ivanovich Herzen was a Russian pro-Western writer and thinker known as the "father of Russian socialism", and one of the main fathers of agrarian populism...
's Russian Free Press in London
London
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before establishing the Russkaya Starina
Russkaya Starina
Russkaya Starina was a Russian history journal published monthly in St. Petersburg by amateur historian Mikhail Semevsky and his successors between 1870 and 1918. Its authors included Ivan Zabelin, Dmitry Ilovaysky, Nikolai Karlovich Shilder, and Nikolay Kostomarov...
monthly in 1870.
His younger brother, Vasily Semevsky (1849-1916), was a historian of Narodnik
Narodnik
Narodniks was the name for Russian socially conscious members of the middle class in the 1860s and 1870s. Their ideas and actions were known as Narodnichestvo which can be translated as "Peopleism", though is more commonly rendered "populism"...
bend. The Russkaya Starina was published under Vasily's auspices until 1877, although the printing press was effectively run by Mikhail until his death in 1892.
Biography
- Тимощук В. В. М. И. Семевский, основатель и редактор исторического журнала «Русская старина». Его жизнь и деятельность. 1837—1892. Saint Petersburg, 1895.