Mikhail Nikiforovich Katkov (; 13 Kukadzi 1818 <unk> 1 Nyamavhuvhu 1887) aive mutori wenhau wechiRussia ane simba panguva yekutonga kwa tsar Alexander III. Akanga ari mutsigiri worudzi rwechiRussia, munhu anokosha mukusika kunzwa kwokuzivikanwa kworudzi uye chinangwa. Pashure peHondo yeCrimea (1856) uye kumukira kwePoland kwa1863
, Katkov akasiya maonero ake eAnglophile uye akaramba shanduko dzekutanga dzaTsar Alexander II. Panzvimbo pezvo akasimudzira hurumende yeRussia yakasimba inotsigirwa navanhu veRussia vane chido vane maonero enyika akabatana. Pfungwa dzake dzakanga dzakavakirwa papfungwa dzokuMadokero (zvinopesana nepfungwa dzevaSlavophile). Magazini yake yezvinyorwa "Russkii Vestnik" ("The Russian Messenger") uye pepanhau "Moskovskie Vedomosti" ("Moscow News") dzaive nhepfenyuro dzakabudirira uye dzine simba mukusimudzira maonero ake.