Kerope Patkanov

Kerovbe Patkanian or Kerope Petrovich Patkanov (, ; – ) was a Russian Armenian philologist, linguist, orientalist, and historian who served as Professor of Armenian Studies at the Saint Petersburg Imperial University. He was born in Nakhichevan-on-Don (today part of Rostov-on-Don) into a noted family of scholars and educators. He published a number of works of medieval Armenian literature, some for the first time.

Biography Kerovbe Patkanian was born in Nakhichevan-on-Don (today part of Rostov-on-Don) on into a noted Armenian family of scholars and educators. His father, Petros Patkanian, was a priest, and his mother was the daughter of the educator and author Harutyun Alamdarian. He was the first cousin of writer Raphael Patkanian. He then graduated from the University of Dorpat and the Main Pedagogical Institute in Saint Petersburg in 1857. In 1861, he joined the staff of the Department of Armenian Literature of the Saint Petersburg Imperial University, first as an (adjunct) professor and as a full professor after 1872. He headed the Department of Eastern Languages from 1861. He is credited with establishing Armenian philology as a subject of comprehensive study at the university; the "Petersburg school" of Armenian studies associated with Patkanian eventually included well-known scholars such as Nikolai Marr, Nicholas Adontz, Joseph Orbeli and others. From 1872, he also served as the chief censor of Armenian publications of the Saint Petersburg Censorship Committee, in which capacity he is credited with playing a positive role in the development of Armenian publishing. (1861) The first Russian translation of the Classical Armenian history of Caucasian Albania attributed to Movses Kaghankatvatsi. (1861–1863) "Armenia," "Arsacids" and a number of other articles on Armenian geography, history and literature in the Russian encyclopedia (1863) (1869) (1877) Publication of the original Armenian text and Russian translation of the work of geography Ashkharhatsuyts (formerly attributed to Movses Khorenatsi). Patkanian was the first to suggest Anania Shirakatsi as the likely author of this work. (1879) (1880) (1887)

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