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Aleksandr Nikitenko | |
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 Portrait of Nikitenko by Ivan Kramskoi (1877) | |
| Born | Alexander Vasilievich Nikitenko March 12, 1804 |
| Died | July 21, 1877 (aged 74) Moscow, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Nationality | Russian Empire |
| Education | Doctor of Philosophy (1828) |
| Occupation(s) | Author, censor |
| Employer | Saint Petersburg University |
Alexander Vasilievich Nikitenko (Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Никите́нко; 12 March 1804 – 21 July 1877) was a literary historian from the Russian Empire. A well-educated Ukrainian serf of Count Sheremetev who was granted freedom under pressure from Kondraty Ryleyev and other men of letters. He narrowly escaped persecution in the wake of the Decembrist Uprising and served as censor through much of Nicholas I's reign. He was also a literary historian, censor, Professor of Saint Petersburg University, and ordinary member of St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. Nikitenko is notable for a very detailed diary that he kept from an early age. It appeared in print in 1888-92; an abridged English translation was published in 1975.