Eugene Tatarinoff

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Eugen Tatarinoff (born July 13, 1868 in Thun , † September 30, 1938 in Solothurn ) was a Swiss archaeologist , historian , castle researcher and librarian .

Life

Tatarinoff's father, Vladimir Tatarinoff, a colonel in the Russian army , died in the Russo-Turkish War at the Battle of Pleven in 1877 . His mother Katharina (nee Starikoff) married a Swiss man after the death of her husband, whereby she and her son Eugen became citizens of Hallau (then Unterhallau). Tatarinoff completed his high school education in Schaffhausen and Burgdorf BE . He studied in Zurich , Tübingen , Berlin and Bern and obtained his doctorate in Zurich in 1892 with a thesis on the establishment of the Interlaken Provost in the 13th century. At the same time he passed the diploma examination for subject teachers. From 1892 to 1894 he was a history teacher at the private institutes Minerva in Zurich and Wiget in Rorschach .

In 1894 Tatarinoff took up a position as a cantonal school professor for history and philosophy in Solothurn , where he lived until his death. Tatarinoff soon played an important role in Solothurn's intellectual life:

  • 1894–1930 Head of the Solothurn City Library (then merged with the Cantonal Library to form the Solothurn Central Library )
  • from 1896 head of the antiquarian department of the city museum
  • 1905–1914 and 1920–1934 President of the Historical Society of the Canton of Solothurn
  • from 1931 cantonal conservator.

Tatarinoff was also permanent secretary of the Swiss Society for Prehistory from 1912 to 1927 , its President from 1909–1911 and 1928–1930 and a corresponding member of the Archaeological Institute in Berlin and the Society for Prehistory in Vienna . He published numerous articles on prehistory and early history, medieval history, archeology, local history and homeland security, among others in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung , the Vossische Zeitung and in various Solothurn newspapers, as well as some monographs. In an obituary in the Oltner Tagblatt dated October 3, 1938, he is described as the old master of Solothurn historical research, the soul of all efforts in this area .

Eugen Tatarinoff's estate is in the Solothurn Central Library and has been cataloged.

Castle dispute

Around 1930, Eugen Tatarinoff, in his capacity as President of the Historical Society of the Canton of Solothurn, and the Zurich architect Eugen Probst , President of the Swiss Castle Association , waged a violent public conflict that led to the publication of several pamphlets in which the opposing parties lacked mutual understanding of castle history and accused of faulty castle restorations. The starting point of the conflict was maintenance work on the Gilgenberg castle ruins , the management of which was to be entrusted to the castle association by the Solothurn building department. In the Neue Zürcher Zeitung it was quoted from a declaration by the building department: This transfer was met with the strongest resistance by the historical association, so that we saw ourselves prompted to remove the castle association, but also the historical association, from the management.

Works (selection)

  • The development of the Probstei Interlaken in the XIII. Century, with special consideration of the acquisitions of church patronage. Schaffhausen: Bachmann, 1892. Dissertation Zurich.
  • Solothurn's participation in the Swabian War up to the Battle of Dornach, July 22nd, 1499. Solothurn: A. Lüthy, 1899.
  • The culture of the migration period in the canton of Solothurn. Solothurn: Gassmann, 1934.

literature

  • Festschrift Eugen Tatarinoff. Solothurn: Vogt-Schild, 1938. Contains pp. 169-187: Directory of the writings of E. Tatarinoff.

Web links

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  1. ^ Obituary in Volksfreund Laufen, October 4, 1938
  2. ^ Obituary in the Solothurner Zeitung , October 1, 1938
  3. ↑ Eugen Tatarinoff, Stephan Pinösch: Defense of the Historical Association of the Canton of Solothurn against the attacks of Mr. Eugen Probst, architect in Zurich. Solothurn, 1930.
  4. ^ Eugen Probst: Answer to the diatribe of the Historisches Verein Solothurn from February 1930. Zurich: Orell Füssli, 1930.
  5. ^ Neue Zürcher Zeitung of October 8, 1929, quoted from Probst.
personal data
SURNAME Tatarinoff, Eugene
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss archaeologist, historian, castle researcher and librarian
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Tuna
DATE OF DEATH September 30, 1938
Place of death Solothurn