Skip to the content
Author

Nikolay Turgenev

Nikolay Ivanovich Turgenev, (23 October, 1789, Simbirsk–10 November 1871, Bougival near Paris) was an early Russian economist and political theoretician who gained renown for his Essay on the Theory of Taxation (1818) and Russia and the Russians (1847). A relative of the novelist Ivan Turgenev, Nikolay co-founded several reformist societies, notably the Northern Society of the Decembrists. Being abroad during the fateful Rebellion of 1825, he chose never to return to his homeland, where he was tried in absentia and sentenced to Siberian katorga for life.

Also recorded as Nikolay Ivanovich Turgenev

Nikolay Turgenev

Тургенев, Николай Иванович

Головачев, П. М. Декабристы: 86 портретов, вид Петровского завода и 2 бытовых рисунка того времени. - М., [1906] · Public domain

Born
1789 · Ulyanovsk.
Died
1871 · Bougival.
Nationality
Russian Empire · France
Occupation
economist · writer
Education
Moscow university boarding school · University of Göttingen
Languages
Russian · French

VALÉORINE Encyclopedia

VALÉORINE documentary reading

Documentary summary

Nikolay Ivanovich Turgenev, (23 October, 1789, Simbirsk–10 November 1871, Bougival near Paris) was an early Russian economist and political theoretician who gained renown for his Essay on the Theory of Taxation (1818) and Russia and the Russians (1847). A relative of the novelist Ivan Turgenev, Nikolay co-founded several reformist societies, notably the Northern Society of the Decembrists. Being abroad during the fateful Rebellion of 1825, he chose never to return to his homeland, where he was tried in absentia and sentenced to Siberian katorga for life.

Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE

Reference Check

Propose documentary evidence for Nikolay Turgenev. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.

Sign in to contribute

World of VALÉORINE

Documentary connections

Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.

Documentary evidence

Documentary basis

Authority files

wikidata · Q1963222 · wikipedia · Nikolay Turgenev

In this article

  1. 01Biography
  2. 02Archives and collections
  3. 03Notes, references and evidence

The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 18 August 2026.

Elsewhere in Books

For owners

Own a work by Nikolay Turgenev?

A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.