Vissarion Belinsky
 Vissarion Grigoryevich Belinsky (Russian: Виссарио́н Григо́рьевич Бели́нский IPA: [vʲɪsərʲɪˈon grʲɪˈgorʲjɪvʲɪtɕ bʲɪˈlʲinskʲɪj]; June 11 [O.S. May 30] 1811 – June 7 [O.S. May 26] 1848) was a Russian literary critic of Westernizing tendency. He was an associate of Alexander Herzen Mikhail Bakunin (he at one time courted one of his sisters) and other critical intellectuals.