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Nestor Kotlyarevsky

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Nestor Kotlyarevsky
Born(1863-02-02)2 February 1863
Moscow, Russian Empire
Died12 May 1925(1925-05-12) (aged 62)
Leningrad, USSR

Nestor Alexandrovich Kotlyarevsky (Не′стор Алекса′ндрович Котляре′вский February 2, 1863, Moscow, Russian Empire, - May 12, 1925, Leningrad, USSR) was a Russian author, publicist, literary critic and historian. A high-profile scholar and a Russian academy honorary member (since 1906), Kotlyarevsky taught the history of literature at Moscow University, a series of his lectures served later as a foundation for one of his best known works, The Nineteenth Century (1921). Kotlyarevsky also went down in history as the first director of the Pushkin House (1910).[1][2]

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  1. ^ "N.A. Kotlyarevsky". az.lib.ru. Retrieved 2012-03-01.
  2. ^ "Nestor Alexandrovich Kotlyarevsky". dic.academic.ru / The Biographical Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2012-03-01.