Viktor Alexandrovich Goltsev (russian: Ви́ктор Алекса́ндрович Го́льцев, — ) was a Russian writer,

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, publisher, and

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. He was an editor of "Russian Courrier", ''

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'', '' Russkaya Mysl''. A

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, Goltsev authored numerous articles and essays on law and

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, as well as critical reviews and

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s, published in ''

'', ''Russkaya Pravda'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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''. In his much publicized polemics with

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and

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he came across as a staunch proponent of the constitutional rule in Russia. In 1880 Goltsev joined the just-launched '' Russkaya Mysl'' to become the head of its Political Review section. In March 1885 he succeeded the recently deceased Sergey Yuriev as this magazine's editor-in-chief. It was under his guidance that ''Russkaya Mysl'' drifted towards the left flank of Russian journalism and provided safe haven for many members of the stuff of the closed ''

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 ...

''. Goltsev was friends with many Russian writers (Chekhov, Korolev, Ertel, Uspensky). '' Russkaya Mysl'' was the first magazine to publish Chekhov's "The Seagull" in 1925. In 1906, after Goltsev's death, Alexander Kisevetter became the editor-in-chief of Russkaya Mysl; he invited Pyotr Struve as a co-editor. Among Goltsev's books that came out as separate editions include ''The French State in the 17th Century'' (Государственное хозяйство во Франции XVII в., 1878), ''The Development of Pedagogy in Recent Times'' (Очерк развития педагогических идей в новое время, 1880), ''The Law and the Ways of Life in Russia in 18th century'' (Законодательство и нравы в России XVIII в., 1885), the collections of essays ''Education, Morality and Law'' (Воспитание, нравственность, право, 1889) and ''On Art'' (Об искусстве, 1890). Виктор Александрович Гольцев
at the

Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary The ''Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopaedic Dictionary'' (Russian: Энциклопедический словарь Брокгауза и Ефрона, abbr. ЭСБЕ, tr. ; 35 volumes, small; 86 volumes, large) is a comprehensive multi-volume ...

. In 1889 he was elected a (deputy) for the

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.Bykov, V.N
Гласные Московской городской Думы (1863—1917)
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Goltsev, Viktor 1850 births 1906 deaths People from Kolomna People from Kolomensky Uyezd Russian journalists Russian editors Imperial Moscow University alumni Burials at Vagankovo Cemetery