Ernst Kunik

Ernst Eduard Kunik also Kunick ( Russian Арист Аристович Куник Arist Aristowitsch Kunik , scientific. Transliteration Arist Aristovič Kunik * 14. October 1814 in Gränowitz in Jawor , † January 18 ^{. Jul} / 30th January 1899 ^greg. In St. Petersburg ) was a Russian-German historian and ethnologist .

Life

Kunik's father, Ernst Friedrich Kunik, was a landowner. After attending high school in Liegnitz and the University of Breslau and University of Berlin , Kunik went to Moscow in 1839 to study Russian history. In 1844 he was a member of the Academy of Sciences , later the Swedish Academy of Sciences and in 1888 the Danish Academy of Sciences . He became the chief curator of the Hermitage , was a member of the Archaeographic Commission and its editor-in-chief for foreign files. Kunik had been a councilor since 1850 and became a real councilor in 1864 . Since 1860 he was an honorary member of the Estonian Scholarly Society in Dorpat . In 1876 he received an honorary doctorate in Russian history from Kiev University .

The calling of the Swedish Rodsen by the Finns and Slavs. A preliminary work on the history of the origins of the Russian state , St. Petersburg 1844 ( digitized version ).
Introduction to: Letters from Christian Wolff from the years 1719–1753 , St. Petersburg 1860.

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personal data
SURNAME	Kunik, Ernst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Куник, Арист Аристович (Russian); Kunick, Ernst Eduard; Kunik, Ernst Eduard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Russian ethnologist and historian
DATE OF BIRTH	October 14, 1814
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gränowitz at Jauer
DATE OF DEATH	January 30, 1899
Place of death	St. Petersburg