Background
Vasily Lvovich Velichko was born on July 2, 1860, in Priluki, Zhytomyrs'ka Oblast', Ukraine in a little Russian noble family descended from the Ukrainian chronicler Samoila Velichko (1670-1728).
Vasily Lvovich Velichko was born on July 2, 1860, in Priluki, Zhytomyrs'ka Oblast', Ukraine in a little Russian noble family descended from the Ukrainian chronicler Samoila Velichko (1670-1728).
Vasily Lvovich Velichko graduated from a private boarding school in Kiev, then the Vocational School of Law (1873-1883), where he collaborated in a handwritten literary magazine. By the end of the school, he devoted himself to literature.
During his studies, he made his debut in print pseudonymous V. Lvov (poems Zov, Khutor in Ukraine, 1880). By the end of the school, he devoted himself to literature, although he is forced to serve the country (an official of the Ministry of State Property and the Ministry of Justice).
His works were printed in Niva (magazine), Severny vestnik, Nablyudatel, Trud. Vasily Lvovich became closer to St. Petersburg, mainly liberal, literary, and artistic circles. Acquaintance with N.S. Leskov and friendship with V.S. Solovyov strengthen his position in magazines that noted "the undoubted and great poetic talent of the author".
However, in the middle of the 90s, Vasiliy Lvovich challenged an evolution to the right, that put up the end to all his established contacts with magazines. From 1896 he was an editor and publisher in Kavkaz newspaper pseudonymous Binokl’ he published chauvinistic articles (essays on Frank Speeches). In 1899 because of a dispute with the governor of the Caucasus, Prince. G.S. Golitsyn, the territory Administration terminated the contract with Vasiliy Lvovich.
In 1902 - November 1903 he was an editor with V.V. Komarov in Russkiy vestnik magazine, where he published a series of articles Russian speeches, that was full of the ideas of extreme nationalism.
Overall, the poetry of Vasiliy Lvovich had rational, sometimes even illustrative character, which was noted by one of the critics. He considered the "questions of conscience" the most important part in the literature, he aspired for clarity and simplicity in poetry, which sometimes, according to Bryusov, turned into a caricature of Pushkin's poetry. Some writers had ironic attitude to the poet. His works The first fly (1894), Two alms (1896), and The oil fountain (1901) had some success, although received contradictory feedback.
Known as a Russian chauvinist, Vasily Velichko demonstrated blatant intolerance to the Armenians and tried to set them on other populations in the Caucasus. He was active during the period when the imperial Russian authorities carried out a purposeful anti-Armenian policy.