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Mikhail Katkov
Mikhail Nikiforovich Katkov (; 13 February 1818 – 1 August 1887) was a conservativeRussian 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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Mikhail Nikiforovich Katkov (; 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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