Mikhail Fyodorovich De Pulet (, 24 October 1822, village Khrennoye,

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, — 8 September 1885, Tambov, Russian Empire) was a Russian literary critic and historian, publicist, journalist, editor and pedagogue. A

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alumnus (1842–1846), De Pulet started out as a teacher in Russian language and history in

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, at the Mikhaylovsky Cadet Corps. In 1862–63 he edited the regional newspaper ''Voronezh Governorate News''. In 1865 he was sent to

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as an inspector of the city's First Gymnasium and for three years (until 1868) co-edited (with A.I. Zabelin) the newspaper ''Vilensky Vestnik''. Since 1857 De Pulet worked as a literary critic, first for ''

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''. At least two of his essays caused controversy and were discussed in the Russian press: "Some Things on Bugs and Moths. A View on Turgenev's Characters" (''Vremya'', 1861) and "Nihilism As a Pathology in Russian Life" (''

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De Pulet compiled and edited the ''Voronezh Soliloqy. 1861'', an almanac which featured the folklore materials collected by Alexey Koltsov, as well as the poem ''Taras'' and the novella ''Seminary Student'', both by Ivan Nikitin. De Pulet's most valued work as a literary historian is the in-depth biography of Nikitin (originally in ''Vilensky Vestnik'', then included into the Works by Nikitin, vol.1, 1869), as well as numerous biographical sketches on Koltsov. He authored two books, ''A Brief Guide for Studying Prose'' (Краткое руководство к изучению прозаических сочинений, 1866) and ''Old Writers and the New Pedagogical View on Them'' (Старые писатели и новые педагогические на них взгляды, 1869).Михаил Фёдорович Де-Пуле
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