Alexander Christoforowitsch Vostokow
Alexander Christoforowitsch Wostokow ( Russian Александр Христофорович Востоков , originally Alexander Osteneck ; born March 16 . Jul / 27. March 1781 greg. In Kuressaare on Saaremaa in the Governorate of Livonia ; † February 8 jul. / 20th February 1864 greg. In Saint Petersburg ) was a Russian philologist of German-Baltic origin.
He was born as the illegitimate son of Land Marshal Ludwig von der Osten-Sacken (* 1737, † 1813) from the noble family von der Osten-Sacken . It originally bore the name "Osteneck", which he later Russified to "Vostokow" ( East means Vostok in Russian ).
He studied at the Russian Art Academy in Saint Petersburg. He worked as a poet and translator throughout his life. He has made a name for himself as the founder of comparative linguistics in Russian and as an explorer of Old Church Slavonic , especially as the discoverer of the Ostromir Gospel , the oldest East Slavic manuscript. The name " Swetlana " was introduced to the Russian language by him and made famous through Wassili Shukowski's ballad.
Web links
- Texts at lib.ru/Klassika (Russian)
- Russian biography
- Baltic Historical Commission (Ed.): Entry to Osteneck, Alexander. In: BBLD - Baltic Biographical Lexicon digital
Footnotes
- ↑ German Baltic Biographical Lexicon 1710–1960 . Böhlau, Cologne / Vienna 1970, ISBN 3-412-42670-9 , p. 566 ( online ).
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| SURNAME | Vostokow, Alexander Christoforowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Востоков, Александр Христофорович; Vostokov, Alexander; Wostokow, Alexander Ch .; Osteneck, Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1781 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arensburg on Ösel |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 20, 1864 |
| Place of death | St. Petersburg |