MICHAEL NIKIFOROVITCH KATKOFF

MICHAEL NIKIFOROVITCH KATKOFF (1818-1887), Russian journalist and publicist, born at Moscow, educated at Moscow, Königsberg, and Berlin; became professor of Philosophy in Moscow and in 1801 editor of the ''Moscow
Gazette''; though at first an advocate of parliamentary government, he became a violent reactionary, made his paper the most influential in Russia, and had great influence in public affairs; he is said to have determined the reactionary policy of Alexander III.