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Nov 24, 1842 Saint Petersburg Died on 16 Apr 1905 (aged 62)

Russian literary historian

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About Pavel Viskovatov

  • Pavel Alexandrovich Viskovatov (Russian: ??'??? ??????'??????? ???????'???, also: ??????????, Viskovatyi; 6 December 1842 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire – 29 April 1905 in Saint Petersburg) was a Russian historian of literature, editor, pedagogue and librettist (his were the lyrics to Anton Rubinstein's opera The Demon, based on Mikhail Lermontov's poem of the same name).
  • The Dorpat University professor of Russian language and literature (since 1873), Viskovatov devoted himself to re-discovering, compiling, and studying the vast and dispersed Lermontov's legacy.
  • He prepared and in 1891 published in Saint Petersburg the first ever edition of The Works of Mikhail Lermontov.
  • Featured here (in volume VI) the first ever comprehensive academic biography written by Viskovatov, has been used as blueprint by all the subsequent Russian biographers ever since.

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