Mikhail Ivanovich Semevsky (

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: Михаил Иванович Семевский; 1837–92) was a Russian Imperial amateur

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who focused on the era of palace revolutions and the history of the 18th-century Russia. Of noble birth, Semevsky received a military education in

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

and did not retire from civil service until 1882. He assembled the

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of no less than 850 individuals, many written on his own request.Biography
in the Russian Dictionary of Humanities Semevsky published them through

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before establishing the ''

Russkaya Starina ''Russkaya Starina'' ( rus, Русская старина, p=ˈruskəjə stərʲɪˈna; ''Russian Antiquity'') was a Russian history journal published monthly in St. Petersburg by amateur historian Mikhail Semevsky and his successors between 18 ...

'' monthly in 1870. His younger brother,

Vasily Semevsky Vasili, Vasily, Vasilii or Vasiliy ( Russian: Василий) is a Russian masculine given name of Greek origin and corresponds to '' Basil''. It may refer to: * Vasili I of Moscow Grand Prince from 1389–1425 *Vasili II of Moscow Grand Prince ...

(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.

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Biography

* Тимощук В. В. ''М. И. Семевский, основатель и редактор исторического журнала «Русская старина». Его жизнь и деятельность. 1837—1892''. Saint Petersburg, 1895. {{DEFAULTSORT:Semevsky 19th-century historians from the Russian Empire Russian publishers (people) 1837 births 1892 deaths