Vladimir Odoyevsky

Prince Vladimir Fyodorovich Odoyevsky (Russian: Влади́мир Фёдорович Одо́евский; 11 August [O.S. 30 July] 1803 – 11 March [O.S. 27 February] 1869) was a prominent Russian Imperial 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.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Fyodorovich and the family name is Odoyevsky.
Vladimir Odoyevsky
Portrait by Levitsky, 1856
Born(1803-08-13)13 August 1803
Moscow
Died11 March 1869(1869-03-11) (aged 65)
Moscow
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