Ivan Fedorovich Bogdanovich was born 1758 Perevolochna, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire (present-day Ukraine). He belonged to the Little Russian nobility. His brother was a Russian famous classicist, best known for his long poem Dushenka.
Ivan Bogdanovich began to take an interest in literature when he was a little boy. He was enrolled in the Semyonovsky regiment in childhood. In 1773 he was promoted to sergeant. In the following years, he studied at the gymnasium of Moscow University.
In 1781 Ivan Fedorovich left the army with the rank of ensign-bearer. From 1784 to 1804, he had served as a governor of Sumy. From 1811 to 1813 he had been a Sumy county noble leader and lived in the Ivanova village. Ivan Fedorovich was engaged in economic improvements.
Literary acquaintances were formed under the influence of A. A. Palitsyn's circle, which included writers, philosophers, and historians S.N. Glinka, V.N. Karazin, E.I. Stanevich, and others. The first experience of the literary work of Ivan Fedorovich was associated with participation in the selection of unpublished works of his brother who died in 1803. A number of works written by Ivan Fedorovich were published in Russky Vestnik.
Ivan Fedorovich had two brothers. Ippolit Bogdanovich was a Russian famous classicist, best known for his long poem Dushenka. Nikolai Bogdanovich had been an official since 1754. Additionally, he had been a prosecutor of the Irkutsk provincial magistrate since 1797.
Ivan’s spouse (Anna Bogdanovich) was the daughter of the emigrant. His son (Modest Bogdanovich) was a Russian lieutenant-general and military historian.
