person
Nikolai Mikhailovich Karamzin
Karamzin
also: Карамзин
Russian sentimentalist historian and writer (1766-1826) cited by Chekhov as an exemplar of emotionally expressive prose that nonetheless reveals little of the author himself.
Reading notes
- On March §28 Karamzin
Nikolai Karamzin, the eminent Russian historian, cited (and gently mocked) here for his etymological theory about the old Slavic month-name Berezozol.
- To Al. P. Chekhov, 13 May 1883. Moscow. §4 Karamzin
Nikolai Karamzin (1766-1826), the sentimentalist historian and writer whose emotionally expressive prose style Chekhov cites, half admiringly and half mockingly, as a byword for confessional writing that nonetheless reveals little of the author.