Nikolay Nikolaevich Voskoboynikov

Background

Nikolay Nikolaevich Voskoboynikov was born on August 23, 1836, in Moscow, Russian Federation. He was the son of a military doctor who became the chief doctor of the Oranienbaum hospital in 1839.

Education

Nikolay Nikolaevich graduated from the Institute of Railway Engineers in Saint Petersburg (now Emperor Alexander I Saint Petersburg State Transport University) (1857)

Career

Nikolay Nikolaevich began to publish his work in 1858, published in the Russian Gazette and Russian Invalid articles in the areas of railway construction, in which the liberal position condemned corruption. In 1859 a new Large Stone bridge was built in Moscow according to his project.

Nikolay Nikolaevich was one of the first to write about the situation of the working class in Russia in the article Several questions about the situation of factory workers, mainly in Saint Petersburg factories (1862). He touched upon such topics as the housing conditions of workers, the work of women and children, fines, and the need for labor protection measures. The most high-profile work of Nikolay Nikolaevich was the article Stop beating and fighting, gentlemen of letters (1860). When he joined the Library for reading (1863), he became a regular contributor to the magazine. In 1863-1864, he served as an officer in Poland, where he was sent as an engineer who developed traffic safety measures on the Petersburg-Warsaw railway. Published in The library for reading (1863) review articles Polish case with a focus on completeness facts.

In 1864, Nikolay Nikolaevich returned to Saint Petersburg, and went to the retired, took on most of the tasks of publishing A library for reading. In 1865, he became a co-publisher of the magazine. In 1866, Nikolay Nikolaevich began working with the newspaper Moskovskie Vedomosti and was sent to Vilnius as its correspondent. After the death of P. M. Leontiev (1875), he settled in Moscow and served as an administrator in the Moscow Vedomosti and Russian Bulletin. Since the end of the 60s, it was rarely published, mainly in the newspaper Modern chronicle.

Achievements

• Nikolay Nikolaevich was an outstanding engineer who designed and built a stone bridge over the Moscow river. He was one of the first to write about the situation of the working class in Russia.

References

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