Konstantin Konstantinovich Sluchevsky (russian: Константин Константинович Случевский), (1837–1904) was a Russian poet. Sluchevsky was born in St. Peterburg into a Russian noble family. He graduated from the First Cadet Corps, served in the Imperial Russian Guard, then entered the Academy of the

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, but in 1861 he quit the military service and went abroad. For a number of years he studied in

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, where he got the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in 1865. On his return to Russia he worked for the Ministry of Internal Affairs and State Property. From 1891 to 1902 he was the Chief Editor of the journal ''Pravitelstvenny Vestnik'' (Government Bulletin). He was also a member of the Council of the Chief Printing Office and had a title of Hofmeister.

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Russian male poets 1837 births 1904 deaths 19th-century poets 19th-century male writers from the Russian Empire {{Russia-poet-stub