Russian philosopher, poet, and critic.  Soloviev was born on January 28, 1853 in Moscow, to Sergei Soloviev, one of the most fascinating historians in Russian history.  Soloviev's mother was related to the Ukrainian poet and philosopher Grigory Skovorada. 

Solviev began writing poetry in the 1870s, as well as writings and speeches on philosophy and history. Throughout his life his philosophical and religious writings centered around Slav history, and he was considered to be a great Slavophile.  In his critical writings of literature he covered such writers as Dostoevsky, Pushkin, Lermontov, Fet, and Alexei Tolstoy.  Soloviev died near Moscow in the village of Uzkoe on August 13, 1900.