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Prince Mikhail Mikhailovich Shcherbatov (Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Щерба́тов; 22 July 1733 – 12 December 1790) was a leading ideologue and exponent of the Russian Enlightenment, on the par with Mikhail Lomonosov and Nikolay Novikov.
Mikhayl Mikhaylovich Shcherbatov (born July 22, 1733, Moscow, Russia—died Dec. 12, 1790, Mikhailovskoye) was a Russian ideologue, historian, and aristocratic commentator on Russian political and social developments in the 18th century.
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Prince Mikhail Mikhailovich Shcherbatov was a leading ideologue and exponent of the Russian Enlightenment, on the par with Mikhail Lomonosov and Nikolay Novikov. His view of human nature and social progress is kindred to Swift's pessimism.
Mikhail Mikhailovich Shcherbatov was a scion of one of Russia's oldest families of the nobility. His father-in-law, Prince Ivan Shcherbatov (1696 – 1761), was Russian minister to the court of St. James from 1739 to 1742, and from 1743 to 1746.
Prince Mikhail Mikhailovich Shcherbatov (Russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Щерба́тов; 22 July 1733 – 12 December 1790) was a leading ideologue and exponent of the Russian Enlightenment, on the par with Mikhail Lomonosov and Nikolay Novikov.
Best known for his pamphlet, On the Decline of Morals in Russia, Prince Mikhail Mikhailovich Shcherbatov was a moralistic, conservative writer, and one of the first Russian historians. Much of his writing concerned the preservation of the “Old Nobility’ of Russia.
Who was Mikhail Shcherbatov? Prince Mikhailo Mikhailovich Shcherbatov was a leading ideologue and exponent of the Russian Enlightenment, on the par with Mikhail Lomonosov and Nikolay Novikov. His view of human nature and social progress is kindred to Swift's pessimism.
