Grigory Blagosvetlov

Grigory Evlampievich Blagosvetlov (; 13 August 1824 – 19 November 1880) was a Russian journalist, literary critic, essayist and editor.

A Saint Petersburg University graduate, Blagosvetlov debuted as a published author in 1849 (Severnoye Obozrenye, No.2) with an essay called "Karamzin as a Shakespearean scholar and translator". He went on to teach, first at the Page Corps, then at the Pavlovsky Institute, which he was expelled from after his links with the Petrashevsky Circle had been exposed. In 1857-1860 Blagosvetlov visited several West European countries and, staying in Britain, contributed to Kolokol, published by Alexander Hertzen, whose daughter he was the tutor of at the time.