Aleksije (Aleksej) Jelačić (russian: Алексей Елачич; sr-Cyrl, Алексије (Алексеј) Јелачић; January 10, 1892 – October 24, 1941) was a Serbian historian. Jelačić was born in

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to a family of South Slavic descent. His ancestors came from

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. He became a senior lecturer at the

Saint Vladimir University Kyiv University or Shevchenko University or officially the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv ( uk, Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка), colloquially known as KNU ...

in Kiev. He emigrated to the

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in 1920 and earned his doctor of philosophy from the

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in 1924. He then became a professor at the University in Skopje. Jelačić authored research on historical and literary themes including protopope

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, the history of

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, Russian revolution, and history of

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, and other Slavic countries. He died in

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in 1941.

Books

*Russian revolution and its origin. – Zagreb 1925. *History of Russia. – Belgrade 1929. *Czechoslovak history. – Belgrade 1930. *On rotten. – Skopje 1933. *History of Poland. – Skopje 1933. *Russian social thought of the 19th century. – Belgrade 1934. *Modern Czechoslovakia. – Skopje 1938. *Russia and the Balkans. Belgrade 1940.

References

1892 births 1941 deaths Historians from the Russian Empire Male writers from the Russian Empire Academic staff of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy Soviet emigrants to Yugoslavia 20th-century Serbian historians Serbian people of Russian descent Academic staff of the Ss. Cyril and Methodius University of Skopje University of Ljubljana alumni 20th-century male writers {{Serbia-academic-bio-stub