Nikolai Alekseevich Polevoy was a controversial Russian editor, writer, translator, and historian; his brother was the critic and journalist Ksenofont Polevoy and his sister the writer and publisher of folktales Ekaterina Avdeeva. Wikipedia
Born: July 3, 1796, Irkutsk, Russia
Died: 1846 (age 50 years), Saint Petersburg, Russia
Children: Pyotr Polevoy