Sreznevsky I.I., (1812-1880), philologist

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SREZNEVSKY Izmail Ivanovich (1812-1880, St. Petersburg), philologist, slavicist, member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1849). He graduated from the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Kharkov in 1829. In 1847, he came to St. Petersburg and was appointed a professor at St. Petersburg University, where he worked until his death. The same year he assumed the office of dean of the Faculty of History and Philology, elected president of the university in 1861. From 1848 to 1859, he also held the professorship at the Main Pedagogical Institute. From 1851 to 1857 he was also active as the supervisor of private boarding-schools and schools of St. Petersburg. He initiated and edited the publication of The Academy of Sciences Proceedings of the Department of Russian Language and Literature (Vol. 1-10, 1852-63) and The Reports of the Department of Russian Language and Literature (Vol. 1-7. 1854-63). His major works dwell on the issues of Russian language, the history of Old Russian literature and ethnography of the Slavs. His most remarkable achievement is represented by the fundamental dictionary entitled Materials for the Dictionary of the Old Russian Language on the Basis of Written Records (In 3 volumes, St. Petersburg, 1893-12, reprinted in Moscow, 1989). He founded the St. Petersburg Academic School for Scholars in Slavic Studies. In the late 1870s, Sreznevsky lived at 38 First Line of Vasilievsky Island.

References: Богатова Г. А. И. И. Срезневский. М., 1985.

A. A. Kononov. Sreznevsky Izmail Ivanovich
1st Line of Vasilievsky Island/Saint Petersburg, city, house 38
Богатова Г. А. И. И. Срезневский. М., 1985 Russian Academy of Sciences
State University, St. Petersburg
Main Pedagogical Institute