Journalist and art critic. Contributed to left-wing journals, such as The Contemporary (Sovremenik), The Russian Word (Russkoe Slovo), and satirical journals The Spark (Iskra), and The Alarm-Clock (Budil'nik) which he also edited. In 1866 he was imprisoned in the St Peter and Paul fortress and subsequently exiled from St Petersburg.
Pseudonyms: Kritik-iumorist, Filaret, Filosof minuty, etc. [Source: Bespalova N.I., Vereshchagina, A.G. Russkaia progressivnaia khudozhestvennaia kritika vtoroi poloviny xix veka. Moscow: Izobrazitel'noe iskusstvo, 1979.]
'Art that bows and scrapes: On the annual exhibition at the Academy of Arts'
'Materials for a History of Civilisation'
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