F. (Feliks) Volkhovskii

Born in Poltava in 1846, Feliks Volkhovskii became involved in radical politics while studying law in Moscow. He soon left university, worked in a bookshop, and was repeatedly arrested for revolutionary activity. Russian sources describe him as a poet, journalist, translator, and publisher as well as an important figure in the populist movement.

In the 1870s he was tried in major political cases of the period, including the case of the so-called Nechaevists and later the "Trial of the 193," which grew out of the movement of educated young people going "to the people." After exile to Siberia, he lived in places including Tyukalinsk and Tomsk, where he worked on Sibirskaya Gazeta and wrote literary and theatrical criticism along with feuilletons under pen names.

Later in life he left Russia and died in London in 1914. His story connects literature, journalism, and political resistance, making him a striking figure for readers interested in the moral urgency and danger that surrounded Russian writing in his era.