About Andrey Krayevsky
Lived 1810 – 1889 (aged 79). Andrey Krayevsky was a Russian journalist, literary critic, publisher, editing staff and opinion journalist.
Andrey Alexandrovich Krayevsky (; February 17 [ O.S. 5], 1810 – August 20 [O.S. 8], 1889) was a Russian publisher and journalist, best known for his work as an editor-in-chief of Otechestvennye Zapiski (1839–1867), the influential literary journal of which he was also publisher. Another well-known publication Krayevsky founded (in 1863) was the popular newspaper Golos (The Voice).
Biography Andrey Krayevsky was born in Moscow, an illegitimate grandson of the chief of the Moscow police Nikolai Arkharov in whose house he was brought up and received primary education. In 1823 he enrolled at Moscow University, from which he graduated in 1828.
Andrey Krayevsky died on 20 (8, old style) 1889 in Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg.
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Russian journalist and editor (1810-1889)
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Andrey Krayevsky was born on 5 February 1810 in Moscow.
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Andrey Krayevsky died on 8 August 1889 in Pavlovsk.
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Andrey Krayevsky was a journalist, literary critic, publisher, editing staff and opinion journalist.
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