Mikhail Ivanovich Semevsky

Background

Mikhail Ivanovich Semevsky was born on January 4, 1837 in Fedortsevo, Velikolutsk District, Pskov Oblast, Russian Federation.

Education

Mikhail Ivanovich graduated from the Konstantinovsky Cadet Corps in 1855.

Career

Mikhail Ivanovich received a military education and did not retire from civil service until 1882. He assembled the memoirs of no less than 850 individuals, many written on his own request. He published them through Herzen's Free Russian Press in London before establishing the Russkaya Starina monthly in 1870. The Russkaya Starina was published under Vasily's auspices until 1877, although the printing press was effectively run by Mikhail until his death in 1892.

Connections

Brother:

Vasily Semevsky

Vasily Semevsky (1849-1916), was a historian of Narodnik bend.