Portrait of Konstantin Aksakov

Konstantin Aksakov

Critic and writer

Lived
1817–1860
Country
Russia

Updated September 2026

About Konstantin Aksakov

Konstantin Sergeyevich Aksakov was a Russian critic and writer. He became one of the earliest and most notable Slavophiles. He wrote plays, social criticism, and histories of the ancient Russian social order. His father Sergey Aksakov and his sister Vera Aksakova were writers, and his younger brother, Ivan Aksakov, was a journalist.

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