Nikolay Mikhailovich Karamzin (russian: Николай Михайлович Карамзин, p=nʲɪkɐˈlaj mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ kərɐmˈzʲin; ) was a

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Imperial historian, romantic writer, poet and critic. He is best remembered for his fundamental ''History of the Russian State'', a 12-volume national history.

Early life

Karamzin was born in the small village of Mikhailovka (modern-day Karamzinka village of the

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) near

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in the Znamenskoye family estate. Another version exists that he was born in 1765 in the Mikhailovka village of the

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(modern-day Preobrazhenka village of the

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, Russia) where his father served, and in recent years Orenburg historians have been actively disputing the official version.''

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(1866)''
Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin. Based on Writings, Letters and Opinions
— Moscow: A. I. Mamontov Publishing, p. 1-3''

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(1849)''
Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin
— Saint Petersgurg: Karl Kray Publishing, p. 7—10 His father Mikhail Yegorovich Karamzin (1724—1783) was a retired

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of the

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who belonged to the Russian noble family of modest means founded by Semyon Karamzin in 1606. For many years its members had served in

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as high-ranking officers and officials before Nikolay's grandfather Yegor Karamzin moved to Simbirsk with his wife Ekaterina Aksakova of the ancient Aksakov dynasty related to

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.''Vitold Rummel, Vladimir Golubtsov (1886)''
Genealogical Collection of Russian Noble Families in 2 Volumes. Volume 1
— Saint Petersburg: A. S. Suvorin Publishing House, p. 363-367 According to Nikolay Karamzin, his surname derived from Kara-

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, a baptized

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and his earliest-known ancestor who arrived to Moscow to serve under the Russian rule. No records of him were left. The first documented Karamzin lived as early as 1534. His mother Ekaterina Petrovna Karamzina (née Pazukhina) also came from a Russian noble family of moderate income founded in 1620 when Ivan Demidovich Pazukhin, a long-time officer, was granted lands and a title for his service during the Polish–Russian War. His two sons founded two family branches: one in

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and one in Simbirsk which Ekaterina Karamzina belonged to. Her father Peter Pazukhin also made a brilliant military career and went from

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; he had been serving in the Simbirsk infantry regiment since 1733. As far as the family legend goes, the dynasty was founded by Fyodor Pazukh from Lithuanian szlachta who left

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in 1496 to serve under

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. Ekaterina Petrovna was born between 1730 and 1735 and died in 1769 when Nikolay was only over 2 years old. In 1770 Mikhail Karamzin married for the second time to Evdokia Gavrilovna Dmitrieva (1724—1783) who became Nikolay's stepmother. He had three siblings — Vasily, Fyodor and Ekaterina — and two agnate siblings. Nikolay Karamzin was sent to Moscow to study under Swiss-German teacher Johann Matthias Schaden; he later moved to St Petersburg, where he made the acquaintance of

Ivan Dmitriev Ivan Ivanovich Dmitriev ( rus, Ива́н Ива́нович Дми́триев, p=ɪˈvan ɪˈvanəvʲɪdʑ ˈdmʲitrʲɪjɪf, a=Ivan Ivanovich Dmitriyev.ru.vorb.oga; – ) was a Russian statesman and poet associated with the sentimentalist ...

, a Russian poet of some merit, and occupied himself with translating essays by foreign writers into his native language. After residing for some time in

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he went to

, where he lived in retirement until induced to revisit Moscow. There, finding himself in the midst of the society of learned men, he again took to literary work. In 1789, he resolved to travel, visiting

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and

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. On his return he published his ''Letters of a Russian Traveller'', which met with great success. These letters, modelled after Irish-born novelist

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's ''

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'', were first printed in the ''Moscow Journal'', which he edited, but were later collected and issued in six volumes (1797–1801). In the same periodical, Karamzin also published translations from French and some original stories, including ''Poor Liza'' and ''Natalia the Boyar's Daughter'' (both 1792). These stories introduced Russian readers to sentimentalism, and Karamzin was hailed as "a Russian Sterne".

As a writer

In 1794, Karamzin abandoned his literary journal and published a miscellany in two volumes entitled ''Aglaia'', in which appeared, among other stories, ''The Island of Bornholm'' and ''Ilya Muromets'', the former being one of the first Russian

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s and the latter, a story based on the adventures of the well-known hero of many a Russian legend. From 1797 to 1799, he issued another miscellany or poetical almanac, ''The Aonides'', in conjunction with Derzhavin and

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. In 1798 he compiled ''The Pantheon'', a collection of pieces from the works of the most celebrated authors ancient and modern, translated into Russian. Many of his lighter productions were subsequently printed by him in a volume entitled ''My Trifles''. Admired by

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and

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, the style of his writings is elegant and flowing, modelled on the easy sentences of the French prose writers rather than the long periodical paragraphs of the old Slavonic school. Karamzin also promoted a more "feminine" style of writing. His example proved beneficial for the creation of a Russian literary language, a major contribution for the history of Russian literature. In 1802 and 1803, Karamzin edited the journal the ''Envoy of Europe'' (''Vestnik Evropy''). It was not until after the publication of this work that he realized where his strength lay, and commenced his 12 volume ''History of the Russian State''. In order to accomplish the task, he secluded himself for two years at

. When Emperor

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learned the cause of his retirement, Karamzin was invited to

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, where he read to the emperor the first eight volumes of his history. He was a strong supporter of the anti-Polish policies of the Russian Empire, and expressed hope that "there would be no Poland under any shape or name". In 1816, he removed to St Petersburg, where he spent the happiest days of his life, enjoying the favour of Alexander I and submitting to him the sheets of his great work, which the emperor read over with him in the gardens of the palace of

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. He did not, however, live to carry his work further than the eleventh volume, terminating it at the accession of Michael Romanov in 1613. He died on 22 May (old style) 1826, in the

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. A monument was erected to his memory at

in 1845.

As a linguist and philologist

Karamzin is credited for having introduced the letter Ë/ë into the Russian alphabet some time after 1795. Prior to that simple E/e had been used, though there was also a rare form patterned after the extant letter Ю/ю. Note that Ë/ë is not an obligatory letter, and simple E/e is still often used in books other than dictionaries and schoolchildren's primers.

As a historian

Karamzin is well-regarded as a historian. Until the appearance of his work, little had been done in this direction in Russia. The preceding attempt of

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was merely a rough sketch, inelegant in style, and without the true spirit of criticism. Karamzin was most industrious in accumulating materials, and the notes to his volumes are mines of interesting information. Perhaps Karamzin may justly be criticized for the false gloss and romantic air thrown over the early Russian annals; in this respect his work is reminiscent of that of Sir

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, whose writings were at that time creating a great sensation throughout Europe and probably influenced Karamzin. Karamzin wrote openly as the panegyrist of the autocracy; indeed, his work has been styled the ''Epic of Despotism'' and considered

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as the architect of Russian greatness, a glory that he had earlier (perhaps while more under the influence of Western ideas) assigned to

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. (The deeds of

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are described with disgust, though.) In the battle pieces, he demonstrates considerable powers of description, and the characters of many of the chief personages in the Russian annals are drawn in firm and bold lines. As a critic Karamzin was of great service to his country; in fact he may be regarded as the founder of the review and essay (in the Western style) among the Russians. Also, Karamzin is sometimes considered a founding father of Russian conservatism. Upon appointing him a state historian, Alexander I greatly valued Karamzin's advice on political matters. His conservative views were clearly expounded in ''The Memoir on Old and New Russia'', written for

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in 1812. This scathing attack on reforms proposed by

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was to become a cornerstone of official ideology of imperial Russia for years to come.

Commemoration

Several places in Russia were named after the writer: * Karamzina village (it is part of

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nowadays); * Proyezd Karamzina (a road in

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); * Nikolay Karamzin street (a street in

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Krasnoyarsk Krasnoyarsk ( ; rus, Красноя́рск, a=Ru-Красноярск2.ogg, p=krəsnɐˈjarsk) (in semantic translation - Red Ravine City) is the largest city and administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is situated along the Yeni ...

, Mayna, Ulyanovsk Oblast); * A

monument A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, his ...

was built in honor of Nikolay Karamzin in

; * Another

was built in honor of Nikolay Karamzin at Ostafyevo Museum-Estate near

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. * In

Veliky Novgorod Veliky Novgorod ( rus, links=no, Великий Новгород, t=Great Newtown, p=vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj ˈnovɡərət), also known as just Novgorod (), is the largest city and administrative centre of Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is one of the ol ...

the monument

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, showing 129 statues of the most outstanding people in Russian history (by 1862), includes a statue of Nikolay Karamzin; * The Karamzin Public Library in

, created in honor of the famous countryman, was opened to readers on April 18, 1848; * In 2016 the Dvorets knigi (

''Дворец книги'', a close translation - ''Book Palace'') - the Ulyanovsk State Regional Scientific Library with the support of the Ministry of Art and Cultural Policy of the Ulyanovsk Region, the Ulyanovsk branch of the

Union of Russian Writers The Union of Russian Writers (russian: Союз российских писателей, translit=Soyuz rossiyskikh pisateley) is a non-governmental organization uniting Russian and writers (novelists, poets, essayists, etc.). It was established i ...

and the

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"Simbirsk" (

''Симбирскъ'') organized an open literary competition «Tebe, nash dobriy, chistiy geniy…» (

«''Тебе, наш добрый, чистый гений…''», a close translation - ''To you, our kind, pure genius..''), dedicated to the 250 years anniversary of the birth of Nikolay Mikhailovich Karamzin. For this competition only poems about Karamzin and poems based on his works were accepted. In 2016 on the occasion of the 250th birthday of the writer, the

Central Bank of Russia The Central Bank of the Russian Federation (CBR; ), doing business as the Bank of Russia (russian: Банк России}), is the central bank of the Russian Federation. The bank was established on July 13, 1990. The predecessor of the bank can ...

issued a silver 2-ruble coin in the series “Outstanding People of Russia”: N.M. Karamzin, writer. Two commemorative stamps were issued depicting N.M. Karamzin: in 1991 in the

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as part of th
Russian Historians stamp series
face value of 10 Russian kopeks, and in 2016 as part of the Outstanding Russian historians stamp series, face value of 25

Russian rubles ''hum''; cv, тенкĕ ''tenke''; kv, шайт ''shayt''; Lak: къуруш ''k'urush''; Mari: теҥге ''tenge''; os, сом ''som''; tt-Cyrl, сум ''sum''; udm, манет ''manet''; sah, солкуобай ''solkuobay'' , name_ab ...

Selected works

Prose

Fiction

* ''Evgenyi i Yuliya'' (''russian: link=no, Евгений и Юлия''), English translation: ''Evgeniy and Julia'' (1789) * ''Bednaya Liza'' (''russian: link=no, Бедная Лиза''), English translation: '' Poor Liza'' (1792) * ''Natalya, boyarskaya doch'' (''russian: link=no, Наталья, боярская дочь''), English translation: ''Natalya the Boyar's Daughter'' (1792) * ''Prekrasnaia tsarevna i schastlivyi karla'' (''russian: link=no, Прекрасная царевна и счастливый карла''), English translation: ''The Beautiful Princess and the Happy Dwarf'' (1792) * ''Ostrov Borngolm'' (''russian: link=no, Остров Борнгольм''), English translation: ''Island of Bornholm'' (1793) * ''Afinskaya zhizn'' (''russian: link=no, Афинская жизнь''), English translation: ''Athenian Life'' (1794) * ''Melodor k Filaletu'' (''russian: link=no, Мелодор к Филалету''), English translation: ''Melodor to Filalet'' (1794; paired with a sequel, ''Filalet to Melodor'') * ''Yuliya'' (''russian: link=no, Юлия''), English translation: ''Julia'' (1796) * ''Marfa-posadnitsa'' (''russian: link=no, Марфа-посадница''), English translation: ''Martha the Mayoress'' (1802) * ''Moya ispoved'' (''russian: link=no, Моя исповедь''), English translation: ''My Confession'' (1802) * ''Chuvstvitelnyi i kholodnyi'' (''russian: link=no, Чувствительный и холодный''), English translation: ''The Sensitive and the Cold'' (1803) * ''Rytsar nashego vremeni'' (''russian: link=no, Рыцарь нашего времени''), English translation: ''A Knight of Our Times'' (1803)

Non-fiction

* ''Pisma russkogo puteshestvennika'' (''russian: link=no, Письма русского путешественника''), English translation: ''Letters of a Russian Traveler'' (1791–92) * ''Zapiska o drevney i novoy Rossii'' (''russian: link=no, Записка о древней и новой России''), English translation: ''Memoir on Ancient and Modern Russia'' (1811) * ''Istoriya gosudarstva Rossiyskogo'' (''russian: link=no, История государства Российского''), English translation: ''History of the Russian State'' (1816–26)

Poetry

* ''Poetry'' (''russian: link=no, Поэзия''), 1787 * ''Darovaniya'' (''russian: link=no, Дарования''), English translation: ''Gifts'' (1796) * ''Solovey'' (''russian: link=no, Соловей''), English translation: ''Nightingale'' (1796) * ''Protey, ili Nesoglasiya stikhotvortsa'' (''russian: link=no, Протей, или Несогласия стихотворца''), English translation: ''Proteus, or Inconsistencies of a Poet'' (1798) * ''Ego imperatorskomu velichestvu Alexandru I, samoderzhtsu vserossiyskomu, na vosshestvie ego na prestol'' (''russian: link=no, Его императорскому величеству Александру I, самодержцу всероссийскому, на восшествие его на престол'', English translation: ''To His Imperial Highness Alexander I, All-Russian Autocrat, on the Occasion of His Rise to the Throne'' (1801) * ''Gimn gluptsam'' (''russian: link=no, Гимн глупцам''), English translation: ''Hymn to the Fools'' (1802) * ''K Emilii'' (''russian: link=no, К Эмилии''), English translation: ''To Emilie'' (1802) * ''K dobrodeteli'' (''russian: link=no, К добродетели''), English translation: ''To Virtue'' (1802) * ''Osvobozhdenie Evropy i slava Alexandra I'' (''russian: link=no, Освобождение Европы и слава Александра I''), English translation: ''The Freeing of Europe and the Glory of Alexander I'' (1814)

Notes

References

External links

*
Karamzin's History of the Russian State
*
Karamzin's Aglaia I-II, 2nd edition (1796)
*
Karamzin. Poem

English translations of 4 epigrams, "Inscriptions on a Statue of Cupid"
{{DEFAULTSORT:Karamzin, Nikolay 1766 births 1826 deaths 18th-century poets from the Russian Empire 18th-century male writers 19th-century historians from the Russian Empire 19th-century novelists from the Russian Empire 19th-century poets from the Russian Empire Burials at Tikhvin Cemetery Conservatism in Russia French–Russian translators Honorary members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences Members of the Russian Academy People from Ulyanovsk Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 1st class Recipients of the Order of St. Vladimir, 3rd class Russian male writers Russian male poets Russian untitled nobility Russian translators Russian people of Tatar descent