Alexander Vasilievich Nikitenko was a Russian Empire literary historian. A well-educated Ukrainian serf of Count Sheremetev who was granted freedom under pressure from Kondraty Ryleyev and other men of letters. Wikipedia
Born: March 24, 1805, Voronezh Oblast, Russia
Died: August 2, 1877 (age 72 years), Pavlovsk, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Education: Saint Petersburg State University