''Zhivopisets'' (, which may be translated as ''Painter'') was a Russian weekly magazine, published by

Nikolay Novikov Nikolay Ivanovich Novikov (russian: Никола́й Ива́нович Новико́в) (, Moscow Governorate – . Moscow Governorate) was a Russian writer and philanthropy, philanthropist most representative of his country's Russian Enlighten ...

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

from April 1772 to June 1773. ''Zhivopisets'' was notable for its political sharpness and variety of

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genres. The magazine published ''Отрывок путешествия в*** И*** Т***'' (A Fragment of a Journey to*** I*** T***) and ''Письма к Фалалею'' (Letters to Falaley), which contained harsh criticism of the

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. ''Zhivopisets'' ridiculed a blind admiration with everything

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, careerism, and vices of the

gentry Gentry (from Old French ''genterie'', from ''gentil'', "high-born, noble") are "well-born, genteel and well-bred people" of high social class, especially in the past. Word similar to gentle imple and decentfamilies ''Gentry'', in its widest ...

. The magazine was closed down by the authorities in 1773.

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