Vladimir Zotov
Vladimir Rafailovich Zotov (July 4, 1821, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire, — February 18, 1896, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian writer, playwright, journalist and editor. The writer and critic Rafail Zotov was his father. Zotov wrote several novels, including Voltigeur (Вольтижёрка, 1849) and Stary dom (Старый дом, Old House, 1851).
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Vladimir Zotov
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- Vladimir Zotov
- Birth Name
- Vladimir Rafailovich Zotov Владимир Рафаилович Зотов
- Born
- 4 July 1821
- Birthplace
- Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
- Died
- 18 February 1896
- Occupation
- writer, playwright, journalist, editor
- Nationality
- Russian Empire
- Fields
- creative and professional writing · literary criticism · journalism · opinion journalism
- Languages
- Russian
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Zotov edited the newspapers Teatralnaya Letopis (1843) and Literaturnaya Gazeta (1847) as well as Illyustratsiya (1858—1862) and Illyustrirovanny Listok (1862), the two publications he was instrumental in merging into Illyustrirovannaya Gazeta in 1863. Zotov was an encyclopedist who compiled and edited a History of World Literature (1876—1882). His Memoirs came out in 1890, published by Istorichesky Vestnik, Nos.
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• Name — Vladimir Zotov • Birth Name — Vladimir Rafailovich Zotov Владимир Рафаилович Зотов • Born — 4 July 1821 • Birthplace — Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire • Died — 18 February 1896 • Place of death — Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire • Occupation — writer, playwright, journalist, editor
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- 2.Петербургский некрополь. Т. 2. — С. 222.
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- Encyclopédie Brockhaus et Efron, article sur Zotov
- V.A. Viktorovitch, coll. Les Écrivains russes , Vladimir Rafaïlovitch Zotov, in Grande encyclopédie russe, Moscou, 1992
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