 Alexander Izmaylov (critic)

Alexander Alekseyevich Izmaylov (, 1873, Saint Peterburg, Russian Empire, – 1921, Petrograd, Soviet Russia) was a Russian literary critic, writer, poet and parodist.A Saint Petersburg Theological Academy alumnus, Izmaylov was a versatile author, whose poems, short stories and a 1902 autobiographical novel "V burse" (In Seminary), all concerning Russia's religious life, earned him critical respect.