Alexander Nikolayevich Pypin

Pypin (1871)

Alexander Pypin ( Russian Александр Николаевич Пыпин ., Scientific transliteration Aleksandr Nikolaevich Pypin ; born March 25, ^jul. / 6. April  1833 ^greg. In Saratov , † November 26 ^jul. / 9. December  1904 ^greg. In Saint Petersburg ) was a Russian literary historian and ethnographer .

Career

Pypin studied general literature at Kazan University in 1849 and 1850 , and then from 1850 to 1858 at Saint Petersburg University . In the following time he undertook various study trips to other European countries until he became professor for general literary studies at St. Petersburg University in 1860 . In November of the next year he resigned from this position in protest against government interventions in internal areas of responsibility of the university. From 1862 he worked as a writer and editor of the magazines Sowremennik ("Der Zeitgenosse"; until the closure in 1866) and Westnik Jewropy ("Messenger of Europe"). In 1891 he became a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences .

Publications

• The Serbian-Wendish literature in Upper and Lower Lusatia . FA Brockhaus , Leipzig 1884 ( archive.org [accessed November 20, 2012]).
• My records. In addition to the essays: two months in Prague and Vyacheslav Hanka. Moscow 1910.
• The Panslawismus past and present. Moscow 1913.
• Spiritual movements in Russia in the first half of the XIX century Century. 1st volume. Russian society under Alexander I. Translated from the Russian by Boris Minzes. Authorized translation of the 2nd presumed edition, 1894 digitized version

literature

• Kirill V. Cistov : Pypin, Aleksandr Nikolaevič. In: Encyclopedia of Fairy Tales Vol. 11 (2004), Col. 84-87.

Web links

• Literature by and about Alexander Nikolajewitsch Pypin in the catalog of the German National Library