Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mikhail Nikiforovich Katkov (; 13 February 1818 <unk> 1 August 1887) akanga ari mutori wenhau weRussia ane simba munguva yekutonga kwa tsar Alexander III. Akanga ari mutsigiri worudzi rwechiRussia, munhu anokosha mukusika kunzwa kwokuzivikanwa kworudzi uye chinangwa. Pashure peHondo yeCrimea (1856) uye
Kupandukira 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.