Mordovtsev Daniel Lukic

(1830 - 1905). He graduated from the course at St. Petersburg University, for History and Philology. Settling in Saratov, he exiled close friends with there Kostomarov and was an assistant to him, as Secretary Statistics Committee. He was editor of the Saratov province news "and the ruler of the Office of the governor of Saratov, then served in the Ministry of Railways. Little-Russian literary career began in verse published in his "Little Russian literature collections" (Saratov, . 1859) and a number of historical monographs in the "Russian Word", . Russian Messenger, . Vestnik Evropy, . "World Trude", . dedicated predominantly impostor and robbery,
. Separately issued: "Gaydamachina" (St. Petersburg, 1870 and 1884), "impostors and Stenka libertines" (St. Petersburg, 1867 and 1884), "The political movement of the Russian people" (Sankt-Peterburg, 1871). Written a very lively and interesting, but not critically, monographs M. attracted attention, at one time was even talking about replacing them in the St. Petersburg University, Department of Russian History. The beginning of 1870 M. enjoyed great popularity and as the author of the novel of the life of the progressive intelligentsia: "Signs of the Times" and several feature articles in "Notes of the Fatherland", . poluyumoristicheskoy written in the form on behalf of Mr. Plumpudinga and signed by the D,
. S. .. O-M ... y. In "Notes of the Fatherland" is printed them as a number of reviews in the book "Decade of Russian zemstvos" (St. Petersburg, 1877). Since late 1870 he devoted himself entirely to the historical novel. A known "Great Schism", "Idealists and realists," "King and Getman", "alluvial trouble", "Dimitri", "Funeral", "Solovki Seat", "Twelfth year", "Blocked Queen", "For whose sins. Artistic merits novels M. small, but the average audience they liked, and many passed through several editions. Among the best works of M. belong to the description of his travels: "Trip to Jerusalem", "Trip to the pyramids," "In Italy," "In Spain", "Ararat", "Away from Tamerlane". Normal lyricism of the author is more appropriate and the descriptions of the intimate nature of the reports. M. also wrote many popular cultural and historical essays, in the form polubelletristicheskoy - "Vanka Kain", "Russian history, women", "Russian women of modern times", "History Propylaea and other. Malorossiyskie product M. collected in the book "Opovidannya" (St. Petersburg, 1885). He also owns Little Russian pamphlet against Kulish: "For Krashanku - egg". Collected Works M. in 24 volumes given in 1902 as an annex to the "North". An attempt is complete edition in 60 volumes (St. Petersburg).