Background
Burenin, Viktor was born on March 19, 1841 in Moscow.
Burenin, Viktor was born on March 19, 1841 in Moscow.
Started as a journalist by sending reports to Herzen’s Kolokol in London, 1861, and became known as a radical journalist during the 1860s. From the 1870s, moved to a right-wing position. Became one of the star commentators of the centreright newspaper Novoe Vremia.
Influential in his time, though attacked and vilified by the radical intelligentsia.