Nikita Vasilievich Goltyakov

Background

Nikita Vasilievich Goltyakov was born in 1792. His father was a Tula merchant.

Education

Nikita Vasilievich was home-schooled educated, and in 1806 he entered a gymnasium of Moscow University. After showing progress he was promoted to students. In 1817 graduated from the philological department of Moscow University with Doctor of Philosophy. Then, in 1820 he defended his master's degree thesis What is graceful nature and what things...can be classified as graceful in general?

Career

Nikita Vasilievich published in 1804 the book A Gift to My Parent on the Day of His Angel, or Writings of a Twelve-Year-Old Boy. This book consisted of student translations in verse and prose from German and Latin. When being a student, he was an active staff member of the magazine Friend of Youth, in which he published his original poetic works, which were written in archaic style Ode to the destruction of Jerusalem (1808), Ode to the conclusion of peace between Russia and Sweden ... (1809), as well as a variety of poetic prose translations from French like Something about the Navigation of the Ancients (1809). Nikita Vasilievich also translated from French Correspondence of Mary Stuart, the unfortunate Queen of Scotland, with Elizabeth, Queen of Great Britain ... (1809) and with Snegirev, participated in the translation of the books of the Swiss traveler Guthrie who visited Russia. Extracts from these translations were included in the book Letters about Crimea, about Odessa and the Sea of Azov (1810). These translations were written with a simple and clear language. In 1816 Nikita Vasilievich was a member of the Society of Russian Literature Lovers (OLRS).

From 1817 Nikita Vasilievic was teaching history and geography, and from 1819 Russian literature at the Commercial School. Took the place of a teacher (of the same subjects and the Latin language) at the Moscow Educational House and the Practical Commercial Academy (from 1825).

Works

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  • The spirit of Napoleon Bonaparte, Life and horrible deeds 1814

Views

Nikita’s book The spirit of Napoleon Bonaparte, Life, and horrible deeds (1814), included features of the political pamphlet, with a rather loose interpretation of historical and biographical facts. In titles of such chapters as Napoleon is the most infamous hypocrite and deceiver, Napoleon is deprived, Bonaparte the robber of states and peoples, etc., became vivid his rejection of ideas Of the Great French Revolution, a hostile attitude towards Napoleon.

Membership

• Society of Russian Literature Lovers (OLRS) , Russian Federation

  1816

Personality

Nikita Vasilievich was a very intelligent person, an experienced translator, and a professional teacher.

Quotes from others about the person

• Snegirev: "The cramped circumstances of his life slowed down his desire for improvement", as a result, his literary works "show his knowledge, talents and, at the same time, urgent haste that impedes the finishing of works and translations."

References

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