Nikolai Alexandrovich Engelhardt (, 15 February 1867,

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, — January 1942,

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) was a Russian writer,

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(associated mainly with

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's '' Novoye Vremya''),

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and

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, co-founder and one of the original leaders of the

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(Russkoye Sobranye). The writer and agricultural scientist Alexander Engelgardt was his father. Engelhardt's best-known works include the historical novel

Pavel I Paul I (; – ) was Emperor of Russia from 1796 until his assassination in 1801. Paul remained overshadowed by his mother, Catherine the Great, for most of his life. He adopted the Pauline Laws, laws of succession to the Russian throne—rules ...

''The Bloodied Throne'' (Окровавленный трон, 1907), ''The History of Russian Censorship. 1703-1903'' (1904), ''The History of Russian Literature in the 19th Century'' (1912), the book of memoirs ''Episodes of the Past'' (Давние эпизоды, 1911) as well as numerous literary essays (on

Nikolai Gogol Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol; ; (; () was a Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright of Ukrainian origin. Gogol used the Grotesque#In literature, grotesque in his writings, for example, in his works "The Nose (Gogol short story), ...

Alexander Pushkin Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin () was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era.Basker, Michael. Pushkin and Romanticism. In Ferber, Michael, ed., ''A Companion to European Romanticism''. Oxford: Blackwell, 2005. He is consid ...

Ivan Turgenev Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev ( ; rus, links=no, Иван Сергеевич ТургеневIn Turgenev's day, his name was written ., p=ɪˈvan sʲɪrˈɡʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ tʊrˈɡʲenʲɪf; – ) was a Russian novelist, short story writer, poe ...

and

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, among many others).Н.А. Энгельгардт
at www.hrono.ru / Russian National philosophy section Engelhardt married Larisa Garelina (1864–1942),

Konstantin Balmont Konstantin Dmitriyevich Balmont ( rus, Константи́н Дми́триевич Ба́льмо́нт, p=, a=Konstantin Dmitriyevich Bal'mont.ru.vorb.oga; – 23 December 1942) was a Russian symbolist poet and translator who became one of ...

's first wife, and adopted her son, Nikolai Balmont (1890–1924). Their daughter Anna Engelhardt (1895—1942) became the second wife of

Nikolai Gumilyov Nikolai Stepanovich Gumilev (also Gumilyov; , ; – August 26, 1921) was a Russian poet, literary critic, traveler, and military officer. He was a co-founder of the Acmeist movement. He was the husband of Anna Akhmatova and the father of Lev ...

. Nikolai Alexandrovich Engelhardt (as well as his wife and daughter) died of starvation in besieged Leningrad in January 1942.Энгельгардт, Николай Александрович
Biography at interpretive.ru

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