Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko Mikhail Nikiforovich Katkov (; 13 Hui-tanguru 1818 <unk> 1 Akuhata 1887) he kairipoata a Ruhia i whai mana i te wa o te kingitanga o te tsar Alexander III. He kaitautoko ia mo te mana whenua o Ruhia, he tangata nui i roto i te hanganga o te whakaaro o te tuakiri me te kaupapa o te motu. I muri i te Pakanga o Crimea (1856) me te
Te whakaoho a Polani o te tau 1863, i whakarerea e Katkov ana tirohanga Anglophile liberal ka paopao ki nga whakahoutanga o mua o te tsar Alexander II. Engari i whakatairanga ia i tētahi kāwanatanga Rūhia kaha e tautokohia ana e tētahi iwi Rūhia ngākaunui me tētahi tirohanga ā-motu kotahi. Ko ana whakaaro i ahu mai i nga whakaaro o te Hauauru (he rereke ki nga whakaaro Slavophile). Ko tana maheni tuhituhi "Russkii Vestnik" (:Te Kaikawe Ruhia") me te niupepa "Moskovskie Vedomosti" ("Moscow News") he angitu me te whai mana mo te whakatairanga i ona whakaaro.