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Fyodor Alexeyevich Koni (; 21 March 1809 in
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– 6 February 1879 in
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, Russian Empire) was a Russian dramatist,
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. Lawyer, author and politician
Anatoly Koni Anatoly Fedorovich Koni (Russian: Анатолий Фёдорович Кони; 9 February 1844 – 17 September 1927) was a Russian jurist, judge, politician and writer. He was the most politically influential jurist of the late Russian Empire an ...
(1844–1927) was Fyodor Koni's son.


Biography

A
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graduate, Koni first came to attention in the 1830s as an author of
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s (''The Hussar Girl'', ''Flats of Petersburg'', ''Husband in a Fireplace'', among them). In 1840 Koni founded and became the editor of the ''Pantheon'' magazine (which later merged with another publication and changed its name to ''Repertoire and Pantheon''). His epic monograph "The Life of Friedrich the Great" came out in 1863 and earned him a Doctor of Philosophy degree at the
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. The Works of F. A. Koni (compiled of plays only), came out in 1871. Fyodor Koni died in 1879 in Saint Petersburg and was buried at the
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of the
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.Александро-Невская Лавра. Монастырские кладбища
/ Alexander Nevsky Lavra. The Monastery cemeteries.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Koni, Fyodor Dramatists and playwrights from the Russian Empire Critics from the Russian Empire 1809 births 1879 deaths Burials at Nikolskoe Cemetery