Valerian Maykov
Valerian Maykov | |
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| Born | September 9, 1823 Moscow, Russia |
| Died | July 27, 1847 (aged 23) Petergof, Russia |
Valerian Nikolayevich Maykov (Russian: Валериа́н Никола́евич Ма́йков; September 9 1823 — July 27, 1847) was a Russian writer and literary critic, son of painter Nikolay Maykov, brother of poet Apollon and novelist Vladimir Maykov. Valerian Maykov, once a Petrashevsky Circle associate, was considered by contemporaries as heir to Vissarion Belinsky's position of Russia's leading critic, and later credited for being arguably the first in Russia to introduce scientific approach to the art of literary criticism.