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Pavlo Zhytetsky

1836 – 1911

Ukrainian literary historian, linguist

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Lived 1836 – 1911 (aged 74). Pavlo Zhytetsky was a Russian lexicographer, anthropologist, linguist, historian, ethnographer and university teacher.

Pavlo Hnatovych Zhytetskyi (; January 4, 1837 in Kremenchuk - March 18, 1911 in Kyiv) was a Ukrainian linguist, philologist, ethnographer and literary historian, Doctor of Russian Literature. For a long time worked as a teacher of Russian language in Kamianets-Podilskyi and Kyiv.

He was a member of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society (starting in 1873), the Historical Society of Nestor the Chronicler (starting in 1879), the Shevchenko Scientific Society (starting in 1903), and the Ukrainian Scientific Society in Kyiv (starting in 1907), a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (since 1898), he became the first honorary member of that society in 1908.

Pavlo Zhytetskyi is regarded as one of the first historians of the literary Ukrainian language.

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Birth century
Nationality
Awards
Honorary doctorate of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
Also known as
Pavlo Hnatovych Zhytetsky, Pavlo Hnatovych Zhytetskyi

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Pavlo Zhytetsky's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Pavlo Zhytetsky?

Ukrainian literary historian, linguist (1836–1911)

When was Pavlo Zhytetsky born?

Pavlo Zhytetsky was born on 23 December 1836 in Kremenchuk.

When did Pavlo Zhytetsky die?

Pavlo Zhytetsky died on 5 March 1911 in Kyiv.

What was Pavlo Zhytetsky's occupation?

Pavlo Zhytetsky was a lexicographer, anthropologist, linguist, historian, ethnographer and university teacher.

What nationality was Pavlo Zhytetsky?

Pavlo Zhytetsky was Russian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Pavlo Zhytetsky

· Wikidata: Q4180629

· DBpedia: Pavlo Zhytetsky

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