Petrushevsky Alexander Fomichev

Born in 1826, studied in a nobleman's regiment, served in the artillery, in 1887, Mr.. retired; is a member of the Chief Directorate of the Red Cross. Long was an active member of the St. Petersburg Committee of literacy, which awarded him an honorary member of its. In connection with this activity, P. stand his "Stories about the old days in Russia, . from the beginning of the Russian land to Peter the Great "(St. Petersburg, . 1866, 8 ed.) "The Legend of Alexander Nevsky (St. Petersburg, . 1867, . 2 nd Ed.) And "Stories about Peter the Great and His Time" (St.-Petersburg, . 1877, 3 ed.),
. In these works the author twice been awarded the first prize Literacy Committee and Scientific Committee of the Ministry of State Property - gold medal Kisilevsky. Even earlier, in 1859, P. issued "Russian alphabet for the soldiers" and "copybook for the soldiers", published a second edition soon. In 1864, Mr.. PA, together with the IS. Kuznetsov, printed without the author's designation of names, "Good reading Orthodox, withstood 5 editions. In "Artillery Journal" P. published a series of articles: "On the scientific education of our artillery gunner" (1857, . ? 5), . "On the formation of the lower ranks" (1859), . "On the Sunday school at the artillery school" (1861, . ? 2), . "On the comparison of the Guard and army officers" (1864, . ? 6), . On freestyle sale of gunpowder and saltpeter harvested "(1868, . ? 5 and 9),
. The main difficulty P. is an extensive biography of Suvorov, . under the title "Generalissimo Prince Suvorov" (3 tons, . St.Petersburg, . 1884), . Academy of Sciences awarded the first prize Makarevsky, this biography is drawn from sources, . much of the remaining manuscripts and hitherto unknown,
. Complementing this work is the article: "The value of Suvorov for his and our time" ( "Russian Thought", 1887, No. 5). Extract from it for popular consumption P. published under the title: "Stories about the Suvorov (St. Petersburg, 1885, 2 ed., 1891). Died in 1904