Mezue nkebi ahịrịokwu a: Ịhụ mba n'anya na-esiwanye ike. Mikhail Katkov (1818<unk>87) abụghị onye ọkà mmụta ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị miri emi, mana ikike akwụkwọ akụkọ ya na onyinye maka arụmụka mere ka ọ bụrụ onye dị mkpa n'ịmepụta mmetụta nke njirimara na ebumnuche mba. Mgbe Agha Crimea (1856) na
Ọgba aghara Polish nke 1863, Katkov hapụrụ echiche Anglophile ya na-emesapụ aka ma jụ mgbanwe mbụ nke Alexander nke Abụọ. Kama nke ahụ, ọ kwalitere steeti Russia siri ike nke ndị Russia na-anụ ọkụ n'obi na-akwado ya na echiche mba dị n'otu. Echiche ya dabere n'echiche ndị ọdịda anyanwụ (ma ọ bụghị echiche Slavophile). Akwụkwọ akụkọ ya "Russkii Vestnik" na akwụkwọ akụkọ "Moskovskiye Vedomosti ("Moscow News") bụ mgbasa ozi nwere mmetụta maka ịkwalite echiche ya.