Alexandr Aksakov

Who was Alexandr Aksakov?

Alexandr Nikolayevich Aksakov was a Russian author, translator, journalist, editor, and psychic researcher.

He was the son of religious philosopher Nikolai T. Aksakov and the nephew of writer Sergey Aksakov. His wife's name was Sophie.

While living in Germany with his wife and publishing his writings there, he began to spell his name as Alexander Aksakof to accommodate the German spelling style, and this is the name by which he is most known outside of Russia.