Nikolai Stepanov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Nikolai Stepanov

Date of Birth: 03-May-1807

Place of Birth: Kaluga, Kaluga Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 05-Dec-1877

Profession: journalist, caricaturist

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Nikolai Stepanov

  • Nikolai Alexandrovich Stepanov (Russian: ??????? ????????????? ????????, 3 May 1807, Kaluga, Russian Empire, – 5 December 1877, Moscow, Russian Empire) was a Russian artist, caricaturist and editor.
  • Army general Pyotr Alexandrovich Stepanov was his brother. In the 1840s Stepanov contributed to Syn Otechestva, Illustrirovanny Almanac and Music Album (which he edited in 1849 with Alexander Dargomyzhsky, his brother-in-law), in 1855–1856 he published several albums of caricatures.
  • In 1859 along with Vasily Kurochkin Stepanov co-founded and co-edited the satirical journal Iskra to which he contributed more than 1600 sketches and caricatures.
  • After this publication's closure Stepanov founded Budilnik (Alarm clock) magazine.

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