Viktor Ipatyevich Askochensky (russian: Виктор Ипатьевич Аскоченский, 13 October 1813—30 May 1879) was a

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and

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. Born in

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into a clergyman's family and a

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's alumnus, Askochensky the historian is best remembered for his work on the history of the

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. Much discussed was his novel ''The Asmodeus of Our Times'' (Асмодей нашего времени, 1858), a passionate paean to Orthodoxy.Аскоченский Виктор Ипатьевич
at the Хронос (on-line encyclopedia) In 1858 Askochensky launched the magazine ''Domashnyaya Beseda'' (Home Soliloquy) which he edited for twenty years until 1877 when he became hospitalized for mental illness. He spent the rest of his days in the Peter and Paul Hospital in Saint Petersburg, where he died on 30 May 1879. He is interred in the

Coastal Monastery of Saint Sergius The Coastal Monastery of St. Sergius (Сергиева Приморская пустынь) is a Russian Orthodox monastery in the coastal settlement of Strelna near St. Petersburg. It used to be one of the richest monasteries of the Russian Empire ...

.Viktor Askochensky
s biography at the Russian Orthodox Church encyclopedia. Askochensky's writings divided critical opinion. His detractors included Alexander Herzen,

Apollon Grigoryev Apollon Aleksandrovich Grigoryev (russian: Аполло́н Алекса́ндрович Григо́рьев, p=ɐpɐˈlon ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪdʑ ɡrʲɪˈɡorʲjɪf, a=Apollon Alyeksandrovich Grigor'yev.ru.vorb.oga; 20 July 1822 – 7 Octob ...

and

Fyodor Dostoyevsky Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (, ; rus, Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский, Fyódor Mikháylovich Dostoyévskiy, p=ˈfʲɵdər mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪdʑ dəstɐˈjefskʲɪj, a=ru-Dostoevsky.ogg, links=yes; 11 November 18219 ...

, among his supporters were Nikolai Leskov, Lev Tolstoy and

Sergei Nilus Sergei Aleksandrovich Nilus (also ''Sergius'', and variants; russian: Серге́й Алекса́ндрович Ни́лус; – 14 January 1929) was a Russian religious writer and self-described mystic. His book ''Velikoe v malom i antik ...

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19th-century writers from the Russian Empire Journalists from the Russian Empire Historians from the Russian Empire Writers from Voronezh 1813 births 1879 deaths {{Russia-writer-stub