Vasily Ivanovich Kelsiev

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Vasily Kelsiev in the 1860s

Wassili Iwanowitsch Kelsijew ( Russian Василий Иванович Кельсиев , scientific transliteration Vasilij Ivanovič Kel'siev ; * 1835 ; † 1872 ) was a Russian revolutionary, pamphletist and writer. He worked for Alexander Herzen and arrived in London in 1859. His propaganda work extended to the territory of Turkey and the Balkans. In 1860–62 he published a collection of Russian government documents on the Old Believers .

Works

  • Sbornik prawitelstwennych swedeni o raskolnikach ( Сборник правительственных сведений о раскольниках ) (London 1860–1862)
  • Pereschitoje i peredumannoje ( Пережитое и передуманное ) (Saint Petersburg 1868)

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personal data
SURNAME Kelsijew, Wassili Ivanovich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kel'siev, Vasilij Ivanovič; Кельсиев, Василий Иванович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian revolutionary, pamphleteer and writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1835
DATE OF DEATH 1872