| Vasily Velichko | |
| Birthname: | Vasily Lvovich Velichko Василий Львович Величко |
| Birth Date: | 14 July 1860 |
| Birth Place: | Priluki, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire (now Pryluky, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine) |
| Death Place: | St Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Occupation: | dramatist, poet, editor, theatre critic, publicist, political activist |
| Years Active: | 1880−1904 |
| Awards: | Griboyedov Prize (1894) |
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.
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]