Valerian Nikolaevich Nazarov

(1830 - 1902). He studied at the Kazan University, together with the LN. Tolstoy, which left a curious memoirs ( "Historical Journal", 1890, t. 42). In the late 40-ies involved in the Hungarian campaign ( "Russian Antiquities", 1894, t. 82). In 1858, in "Contemporary", under the pseudonym "In. Anikeevsky, H. published essays regimental life: "Whiskers". In the 60 years he primarily worked in "Notes of the Fatherland" ( "Sketches from Nature", . "Living dead", . "At the village festival and others), . later wrote in the Journal of Europe "(" Modern wilderness ", . "The history of a parish and others), . in the "Library for Reading", . in "order", . and in the provincial editions of the Volga,
. Essays N. show very observant. N. long been a magistrate and public Simbirsk zemstvos. Familiar Chernyshevskogo and Nekrasov, he first of his public activity largely shared the views of his close circle of "Contemporary", but over the years turned into a cautious, though, and energetic "kulturtregera". - See. "Historical Journal" (1902, t. IV); "Simbirsk Provincial Gazette" (1902,? 15, 16 and 18, Article. NP. Nicholas).