Literay Fact Literay Fact 2541-8297 2542-2421 IWL RAS https://www.doi.org/10.22455/2541-8297-2017-5-95-107 Articles Ivan Goncharov as a Teacher of Nikolay Aleksandrovich, the Crown Prince of Russian Empire (New materials) Alexey Balakin editor@litfact.ru 2017 I.A. Goncharov crown prince Nikolay Aleksandrovich Ya.K. Grot V.P. Titov V.I. Klassovsky Imperial Household teaching Copyright © 2026, IWL RAS 2026 The article introduces into scientific discourse new documents that describe how I.A. Goncharov was teaching Nikolay Aleksandrovich, the crown prince and the heir to the throne, Russian and literature (1857–1858). The documents are: a memoir by Ya.K. Grot, a the crown prince’s teacher, and Nikolay Aleksandrovich’s class register book for the period when Gonchariv was teaching him. 1. Alekseev A.D. Letopis' zhizni i tvorchestva I.A. Goncharova [Chronicle of life and creativity I.A. Goncharov's]. Moscow; Leningrad, AN SSSR Publ., 1960. 367 p. 2. Balakin A.Yu. “I.A. Goncharov — uchitel' velikogo kniazia Konstantina Konstantinovicha: (Novye materialy)” [I.A. Goncharov — teacher of the Grand Duke Konstantin Konstantinovich: (New Materials)]. Russkaia literatura. 2017. № 4. P. 162–165. 3. Literaturnoe nasledstvo. Vol. 102: “I.A. Goncharov: Novye materialy i issledovaniia” [I.A. Goncharov: New materials and research]. Moscow, IMLI RAN — Nasledie Publ., 2000. 735 p. (In Russ.) 4. Mazon A. Un maître du roman russe Ivan Gontcharov. 1812–1891. Paris, Champion, 1914. Х + 473 p. 5. Mel'nik V.I. “I.A. Goncharov kak prepodavatel' tsesarevicha Nikolaia Aleksandrovicha Romanova” [I.A. Goncharov as a teacher of the Tsesarevich Nikolai Aleksandrovich Romanov]. In: Sotsial'noe sluzhenie: traditsionnye i novye formy. XII Sviato-Elizavetinskie chteniia [Social service: traditional and new forms. XII Holy Elizabethan Readings]. Moscow, 2011, pp. 55–62. (In Russ.) 6. Mel'nik V.I. “I.A. Goncharov i tsarskaia sem'ia (tsesarevich Nikolai Aleksandrovich)” [I.A. Goncharov and the Tsar's Family (Tsarevich Nikolai Alexandrovich)]. In: Khristianskoe prosveshchenie i russkaia kul'tura: Doklady i soobshcheniia XV nauchno-bogoslovskoi konfeА. rentsii (16 maia 2012 g.) [Christian Enlightenment and Russian Culture: Reports and Reports of the XV Scientific and Theological Conference (May 16, 2012)]. Ioshkar-Ola, 2012, pp. 135–146. (In Russ.) 7. Mel'nik V.I. “O prepodavatel'skoi deiatel'nosti I.A. Goncharova pri imperatorskom dvore” [On the teaching activity of I.A. Goncharov at the imperial court]. Vospitanie shkol'nikov. 2013, no. 9, pp. 65–69. (In Russ.) 8. Mel'nik V.I. “I.A. Goncharov kak prepodavatel' tsesarevicha” [I.A. Goncharov as a teacher of the Tsesarevich]. Roman-zhurnal XX vek. 2016, № 4, pp. 10–12. (In Russ.) 9. Sidorova A.N. Vospitanie velikikh kniazei v sem'iakh imperatorov Nikolaia I i Aleksandra II (podgotovka k gosudarstvennoi deiatel'nosti): Diss. na soiskanie uch. st. kand. ist. nauk. [Education of the Grand Dukes in the families of Emperors Nicholas I and Alexander II (preparation for state activity): Dissertation]. Moscow, 2016. (In Russ.) 10. Tatishchev S.S. “Detstvo i iunost' velikogo kniazia Aleksandra Aleksandrovicha” [Childhood and youth of the grand duke Alexander Aleksandrovich], ed. S.S. Atapin, V.M. Lupanova; introd. N.A. Malevanov. Velikii kniaz' Aleksandr Aleksandrovich: Sbornik dokumentov [Grand duke Alexander Aleksandrovich: Collection of documents]. Moscow: TRITE; RGIA publ., 2002. 720 p. (In Russ.) 11. Trofimov Zh.A. Brat romanista Nikolai Goncharov: Biogr. ocherk [Brother of the novelist Nikolay Goncharov: Biogr. Sketch]. Ul'ianovsk, 2008. 78 p. (In Russ.) 12. Verbitskaia T. Nesostoiavshiisia imperator: Velikii kniaz' Nikolai Aleksandrovich (1843–1865) [Unsuccessful Emperor: Grand Duke Nikolai Alexandrovich (1843–1865)]. M.: Tsentrpoligraf Publ., 2010. 352 p. (In Russ.)