Articles

Vol. 43 No. 2 (2021)

Michail Katkow: At the beginning of the political thought of the apologist Russian tsarist autocracy

Pages: 125-148

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Abstract

Mikhail Katkov (1818–1887), a leading Russian political journalist, began his career as a liberal fascinated by German philosophy, especially the views of Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling. At that time, he represented a moderate pro-Polish attitude. After the outbreak of the January Uprising in 1863, on the pages of Moskowskije Wiedomosti, which he edited, he promoted the Russian state’s viewpoint in favour of the monarchy and full dimension of the Russian Empire’s state integrity, which led to his conservative position.