Evgeny Karnovich

Evgeny Petrovich Karnovich (Russian: Евгений Петрович Карнович, 15 November 1823–6 November 1885) was Russian writer, historian, journalist and editor.

Evgeny Karnovich
Born	Evgeny Petrovich Karnovich Евгений Петрович Карнович 15 November 1823 Lupandino, Yaroslavl Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	6 November 1885 (aged 61) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Occupation	writer, historian, publicist

Born in rural Yaroslavl region into an affluent Ukrainian landlord's family, Karnovich started his literary career in the 1840s as a translator of Aristophanes' comedies and a poet, while working as a teacher, then a minor state official. Several years later he moved to Vilno, to become the head of the local Archeologist committee. In 1859, after retirement, Karnovich became a professional journalist, writing on the subjects of history, politics, social issues and jurisprudence, as well as publishing his own poems and stories.[1]

In 1858–1861 he was the head of the Contemporary Review section Sovremennik, in 1865–1871, one of the leading figures in the Golos newspaper staff. He published the weekly magazine Mirovoi Posrednik (People's Attorney, 1861–1862), edited Birzhevyie Vedomosti (Stock Exchange News, 1875–1876) and Otgoloski (Echoes, 1881–1882). In his later years Karnovich, now a respected historian, published numerous essays (in Istorichesky Vestnik, Nedelya, Russkaya Mysl, Narodnaya Shkola and Nov) as well as several historical novels on the 17th–18th century Russian history.[2][1]

References

1. Evgeny Karnovich at the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary / Russian Biographical Dictionary.
2. Karnovich's biography in the Russian Writers Encyclopedia // Осьмакова Н. И. Русские писатели 1800–1917. Биографический словарь. Гл. ред. П. П. Николаев. Большая российская энциклопедия. 1992. Том 1, стр 488–491. ISBN 978-5-85270-064-3

External links

• The Evgeny Karnovich page at Lib.ru