Vasily Velichko

Vasily Lvovich Velichko (Russian: Васи́лий Льво́вич Вели́чко; 14 July 1860, in Priluki, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire (now Pryluky, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine) – 13 January 1904, in Saint Petersburg) was a Russian Imperial politician, who served in the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Empire. He was also a poet, playwright and publicist, one of the leaders of Russian Assembly,[1][2] and editor of the semi-official Kavkaz gazette.

Vasily Velichko
Born	Vasily Lvovich Velichko Василий Львович Величко (1860-07-14)July 14, 1860 Priluki, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire (now Pryluky, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine)
Died	January 13, 1904(1904-01-13) (aged 43) St Petersburg, Russian Empire
Occupation(s)	dramatist, poet, editor, theatre critic, publicist, political activist
Years active	1880−1904
Awards	Griboyedov Prize (1894)

Known as a Russian chauvinist,[3] he demonstrated blatant intolerance to the Armenian people[4][5] and tried to set them on other populations in the Caucasus. He was active during the period when the Imperial Russian authorities carried out a purposeful anti-Armenian policy.

According to the Russian historian Victor Schnirelmann, "it is curious that his works were re-published in Azerbaijan in the early 1990s and received wide popularity there".[6] Velichko's "forgotten racist tract" was reissued by Ziya Bunyadov's academy.[7]