Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mikhail Nikiforovich Katkov (; 13 February 1818 <unk> 1 August 1887) bụ onye nta akụkọ Russia na-agbanwe agbanwe nke nwere mmetụta n'oge ọchịchị nke eze Alexander nke Atọ. Ọ bụ onye nkwado nke mba Russia, 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 ndị mbụ nke tsar 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" (Onye ozi Russia) na akwụkwọ akụkọ "Moskovskie Vedomosti" ("Moscow News") bụ ndị mgbasa ozi na-aga nke ọma ma nwee mmetụta maka ịkwalite echiche ya.