Quotes:Novikova, Olga Alekseevna

Zirkoff, Boris

Novikov, Olga Alexeyevna de, née Kireyev (1840-1924). Russian writer and proponent of political and other reforms. Lived for many years in England, writing both in English and Russian. Became part of English literary and political circles. Tried to influence English opinion towards a conservative Slavophil direction. She was the widow of Lt.-General Ivan Petrovich Novikov, Superintendent of the Educational District of Kiev, and later (1885) of St. Petersburg. She had two brothers: Alexander A., and Nicholas A. Kireyev. She wrote under the initials O.K. Madame Novikov was a warm friend of H. P. B. for a number of years, 442 as is evidenced from some of H. P. B.’s letters. She was related to the Aksakov Family and the Homyakovs. Chief Works: Russia and England: A Protest and an Appeal, London, 1880. It tended towards a rapprochement between the two countries and was greatly favored by Gladstone.—Is Russia Wrong? London, 1878.—Friends or Foes, London, 1879.—Skobelev and the Slavonic Cause, London, 1884.—Many articles in Russian Journals, such as Russkoye Obozreniye.—Russian Memories. New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., 1916.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 6, pp. 441-442