Syn otechestva ( Russian : Сын отечества ), which translates as Son of the Fatherland , was a Russian literary magazine published in the 19th century in St. Petersburg from 1812 to 1852. It was influential in the development of social thought and literature in Russia .
4-686: The magazine was edited by Nicholas Gretsch between 1812 and 1837. His main assistant was Faddei Bulgarin . Syn otechestva was Russia's most influential magazine between the Napoleonic wars and the Decembrist Revolt . It grew increasingly conservative after Nicholas I 's accession to the throne, losing a liberal-minded readership to Sovremennik and Otechestvennye Zapiski . In 1837 Gretsch and Bulgarin sold Syn otechestva to Aleksandr Smirdin . Later editors included Nikolai Polevoy , Aleksandr Nikitenko , and Osip Senkovsky . Another magazine of
8-617: The Lancasterian system of education into Russia (1820), organized several innovative schools for soldiers and penned a number of textbooks for them. His memoirs were published in 1886. At the time of Napoleon's invasion of Russia Gretsch started publishing The Son of the Fatherland , a periodical that expressed liberal views that had much in common with those of the Decembrists . During Nicholas I 's reactionary reign he crossed over to
12-576: The same name was published in Russian from 1856 to 1861 and a newspaper with the same name was published in Russian from 1862 to 1901. This article about a literary magazine published in Europe is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . See tips for writing articles about magazines . Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page . Nicholas Gretsch Nikolay Ivanovich Gretsch ( Russian : Николай Иванович Греч; 1787–1867)
16-579: Was a grammarian of the 19th century. Although he was primarily interested in philology , it is as a journalist that he is primarily remembered. He was from the Russian Empire. Gretsch came from a noble Baltic German family. Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg was his wife's nephew. He attended the Imperial School of Jurisprudence and travelled widely in Europe, producing no less than five volumes of travel writings as well as several novels. He introduced
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