Mikhail Stepanovich Mostovsky (1838—?) - Russian teacher, geographer, theater connoisseur, scientific writer. He served as the ruler of the office of the Moscow Governor General [1] .
| Mikhail Stepanovich Mostovsky | |
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| Citizenship |  Russian empire |
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In 1862 he graduated from Moscow University . He taught geography at the 3rd Moscow gymnasium [2] , then entered the civil service. He was the head of the artistic circle and a large theater-goer . He was a teacher of Vlas Doroshevich , who in 1903 dedicated to his anniversary an article published in the journal "Russian Word". He was also the ruler of the office for the construction of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior [3] .
The main works: “Ethnographic essays of Russia” ( Moscow , 1874), “Textbook of geography of Russia with a map of European Russia” (5 editions: Moscow, 1864, 1867, 1870, 1874, 1875), “Preparatory course for universal and Russian geography”, “ Training course on the universal geography of Europe ”(Moscow, 1874),“ Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow ”(reading for the people; 3 editions: Moscow, 1884, 1889, 1896),“ History of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow ”,“ Good friend. Book for popular reading. "
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Sources
- Mostovsky, Mikhail Stepanovich // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
Links
- An article in the Great Encyclopedia of Yuzhakov (Russian)