Alexey Polikarpovich Bochkov

March 26, 1803 (age 69)

Saint Petersburg City, Russian Federation

In the 1820s, Anthony often visited Reval (modern Tallinn, Estonia) because of his wife’s illness. He was later assigned to the third guild of Reval merchants. He was close to Izmailov and Ivanovsky and was regularly published anonymously or under pseudonyms in their almanacs. In letters to Ivanovsky, Anthony often made interesting observations about modern literature. His literary tastes were formed under the influence of Scott and Bestuzhev. According to some versions, Anthony was the author of essays Melancholy and Thoughts and Remarks published in 1928, as well as translations from French and the poem Illness of Expectation, published in the magazine Blagonamerennyy. The death of his wife in 1827 was a nervous shock for Anthony, after which he suffered a serious mental disease. He vowed to become a monk if he could overcome the illness. Since 1828, Anthony wandered around the monasteries for almost ten years but did not accept tonsure. He became a novice only in 1837, and in 1844 he was tonsured a monk. Anthony served in many monasteries, from 1852 he was the confessor of the Nikolaev monastery, between 1863-1866 he took up the post of prior of the Cheremenetsky monastery in the Novgorod province. Anthony was in active correspondence with many church and cultural figures, such as D. Bryanchaninov, S. Vesnin, as well as with the poetess-nun E. Shakhova, with whom he exchanged poems. In the 1850s he wrote religious, political and humorous poems. From 1852 to 1857 Anthony published a book of travel notes Russkiye poklonniki v Iyerusalime, where he described his pilgrimage to Jerusalem, paying attention to the ethnographic descriptions and life of the pilgrims.

Alexey Polikarpovich Bochkov

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also known as Anthony

hegumen author of historical novels

Background

Alexey Polikarpovich Bochkov was born on March 14 (26), 1803 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. He came from a merchant family.

Education

Alexey Polikarpovich was educated in one of the best foreign board schools in Saint Petersburg.

Career

In the 1820s, Anthony often visited Reval (modern Tallinn, Estonia) because of his wife’s illness. He was later assigned to the third guild of Reval merchants. He was close to Izmailov and Ivanovsky and was regularly published anonymously or under pseudonyms in their almanacs. In letters to Ivanovsky, Anthony often made interesting observations about modern literature. His literary tastes were formed under the influence of Scott and Bestuzhev.

According to some versions, Anthony was the author of essays Melancholy and Thoughts and Remarks published in 1928, as well as translations from French and the poem Illness of Expectation, published in the magazine Blagonamerennyy.

The death of his wife in 1827 was a nervous shock for Anthony, after which he suffered a serious mental disease. He vowed to become a monk if he could overcome the illness. Since 1828, Anthony wandered around the monasteries for almost ten years but did not accept tonsure. He became a novice only in 1837, and in 1844 he was tonsured a monk. Anthony served in many monasteries, from 1852 he was the confessor of the Nikolaev monastery, between 1863-1866 he took up the post of prior of the Cheremenetsky monastery in the Novgorod province.

Anthony was in active correspondence with many church and cultural figures, such as D. Bryanchaninov, S. Vesnin, as well as with the poetess-nun E. Shakhova, with whom he exchanged poems. In the 1850s he wrote religious, political and humorous poems. From 1852 to 1857 Anthony published a book of travel notes Russkiye poklonniki v Iyerusalime, where he described his pilgrimage to Jerusalem, paying attention to the ethnographic descriptions and life of the pilgrims.

Connections

Spouse:: Anna Ponomareva
Son:: Peter

References

Russian writers. 1800-1917. Biographical Dictionary. Volume 1
1989

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