Vladimir Odoyevsky, Russian philosopher and critic (died 1869)

Vladimir Odoyevsky

Russian philosopher, writer, critic, philanthropist and pedagogue

Prince Vladimir Fyodorovich Odoyevsky 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.