Evgeny Lvovich Markov (russian: Евге́ний Льво́вич Ма́рков, 8 October 1835, Krutoye,

Shchigrovsky Uyezd Shchigrovsky Uyezd (''Щигро́вский уе́зд'') was one of the subdivisions of the Kursk Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the northeastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Shchigry. Demographic ...

Kursk Governorate Kursk Governorate ( rus, Ку́рская губе́рния, r=Kúrskaya gubérniya) was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire, located in European Russia. It existed from 1796 to 1928; its seat was in the city o ...

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

, — 30 March 1903,

Voronezh Voronezh ( rus, links=no, Воро́неж, p=vɐˈronʲɪʂ}) is a city and the administrative centre of Voronezh Oblast in southwestern Russia straddling the Voronezh River, located from where it flows into the Don River. The city sits on the ...

, Russian Empire) was a

Russian writer Russian literature refers to the literature of Russia and its émigrés and to Russian-language literature. The roots of Russian literature can be traced to the Middle Ages, when epics and chronicles in Old East Slavic were composed. By the Ag ...

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and

ethnographer Ethnography (from Greek ''ethnos'' "folk, people, nation" and ''grapho'' "I write") is a branch of anthropology and the systematic study of individual cultures. Ethnography explores cultural phenomena from the point of view of the subject o ...

. Originally a liberal author who contributed to ''

Otechestvennye Zapiski ''Otechestvennye Zapiski'' ( rus, Отечественные записки, p=ɐˈtʲetɕɪstvʲɪnːɨjɪ zɐˈpʲiskʲɪ, variously translated as "Annals of the Fatherland", "Patriotic Notes", "Notes of the Fatherland", etc.) was a Russian lite ...

'', ''

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'' and ''

Vestnik Evropy ''Vestnik Evropy'' (russian: Вестник Европы) (''Herald of Europe'' or ''Messenger of Europe'') was the major liberal magazine of late-nineteenth-century Russia. It was published from 1866 to 1918. The magazine (named for an earlier ...

'' among other magazines, Evgeny Markov gradually drifted towards the conservative camp, became part of the

Slavophile Slavophilia (russian: Славянофильство) was an intellectual movement originating from the 19th century that wanted the Russian Empire to be developed on the basis of values and institutions derived from Russia's early history. Slavoph ...

movement and gained notoriety by being arguably the fiercest critic of

Nikolai Nekrasov Nikolay Alexeyevich Nekrasov ( rus, Никола́й Алексе́евич Некра́сов, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj ɐlʲɪkˈsʲejɪvʲɪtɕ nʲɪˈkrasəf, a=Ru-Nikolay_Alexeyevich_Nekrasov.ogg, – ) was a Russian poet, writer, critic and publi ...

. Markov's major novel, ''Black Earth Field'' (Черноземное поле, 1878), eulogized the simple, close-to-nature life of an idealized, well-cultured Russian landlord. Even more retrograde was his collection of autobiographical notes and sketches ''Barchuki'' (Барчуки, 1874), full of nostalgia for 'simple and quiet virtues' of the old Russia's

serfdom Serfdom was the status of many peasants under feudalism, specifically relating to manorialism, and similar systems. It was a condition of debt bondage and indentured servitude with similarities to and differences from slavery, which develop ...

. What stood the test of time better was his legacy of traveller sketches, notably the popular ''Sketches of Crimea'' (Очерки Крыма, 1872), as well as ''Sketches of Caucasus'' (Очерки Кавказа, 1887), ''Journey to the East'' (Путешествие на Восток, Vols. 1-2, 1890–1891), ''Russia in Central Asia'' (Россия в Средней Азии, 1901) and ''Journey Through Serbia and Montenegro'' (Путешествие по Сербии и Черногории, 1903). His younger son Nikolai Markov, was a Russian politician and publicist, one the leaders of the

Black Hundred The Black Hundred (russian: Чёрная сотня, translit=Chornaya sotnya), also known as the black-hundredists (russian: черносотенцы; chernosotentsy), was a reactionary, monarchist and ultra-nationalist movement in Russia in t ...

movement.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Markov, Evgeny 1835 births 1903 deaths People from Kursk Oblast People from Shchigrovsky Uyezd Russian male writers Russian critics Russian ethnographers National University of Kharkiv alumni