Sergey Shubinsky

Sergey Nikolayevich Shubinsky (Russian: Серге́й Никола́евич Шуби́нский; 1834–1913) was a historian and journalist who edited two widely read magazines concerned with the history of Imperial Russia.

[1] Shubinsky had a successful military career from 1854 onward, retiring with the rank of Major General in 1887.

He developed a keen interest in the comparatively recent history of his country while collecting hitherto unpublished anecdotes about Prince Potemkin.

Shubinsky edited an illustrated monthly periodical, Old and New Russia, in 1875-79, before setting up a more widely distributed magazine, The Historical Herald, in 1880.

[1] Shubinsky also authored a splattering of historical articles for the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.