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Alexander Radishchev
Alexander Nikolayevich Radishchev was a Russian author and social critic who was arrested and exiled under Catherine the Great. He brought the tradition of radicalism in Russian literature to prominence with his 1790 work Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow. His depiction of socio-economic conditions in Russia resulted in his exile to Siberia until 1797. He was the grandfather of painter Alexey…
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culture · Russian author (1749–1802) · philosopher · writer · novelist · poet · economist · prose writer · also Alexander Radishchev, Alexander Nikolayevich Radishchev, Radishchev
Born 20 August 1749 · Died 12 September 1802 · Q217470
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1802· 2 entries
Died 1802-09-12.
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A despondent Radishchev committed suicide by drinking poison, possibly after being rebuked in a friendly manner by Count Zavadovsky for expressing radical ideas
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1801· 1 entry
Radishchev was briefly employed to help revise Russian law, a realization of his lifelong dream
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1771· 1 entry
Studied at Leipzig University (1766–1771).
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1749· 1 entry
Born 1749-08-20.
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