About Vladimir Odoyevsky
Prince Vladimir Fyodorovich Odoyevsky (Russian: Влади́мир Фёдорович Одо́евский, [ɐˈdojɪfskʲɪj]; 11 August [O.S. 30 July] 1804 – 11 March [O.S. 27 February] 1869) was a Russian philosopher, writer, music critic, philanthropist, and pedagogue. He became known as the 'Russian Hoffmann' and even the 'Russian Faust' on account of his keen interest in phantasmagoric tales and musical criticism. == Biography == The last member of the princely House of Odoyev, he was genealogically the most senior member of the House of Rurik. He was born to Prince Fyodor Sergeevich Odoyevsky (1771–1808), a state councillor (statsky sovietnik). His father began his career as an adjutant to Prince Grigory Potyomkin; in 1798 he entered civil service as the director of the Moscow Assignat Bank. According to one version, his mother, Ekaterina Alekseevna Filippova, was a serf; however, this version has since been disproven, and it was established that his mother was the daughter of a praporshchik. His widow, Avdotya Petrovna, owned a house on Prechistenka Street in Moscow, had several servants, and possessed a modest fortune inherited from her husband. His mother was a well‑educated young woman; she could speak French and play the piano. However, the Odoyevsky family regarded this marriage as a mésalliance. After his father's death in 1808, his mother remarried twice.
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