Apollon Skalkowski ( pl, Apollo Skalkowski; race. 1 (13) January 1808

Zhytomyr Zhytomyr ( uk, Жито́мир, translit=Zhytomyr ; russian: Жито́мир, Zhitomir ; pl, Żytomierz ; yi, זשיטאָמיר, Zhitomir; german: Schytomyr ) is a city in the north of the western half of Ukraine. It is the Capital city, a ...

- December 28, 1898 (9 January 1899

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) - Polish-Russian and scientist, historian of

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descdent. He was a father of a journalist Constantine Skalkovsky.

Life and work

By birth a Pole. He was educated at

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and

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universities. He was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences of the historico-philological department. More than 50 years as head of the Statistics Committee, in Odessa. AA Skalkovsky became the first historian to systematically study the history of Novorossiysk Territory (

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), for which he received from his contemporaries the nickname "Herodotus Novorossiysk Territory. Numerous historical works AA Skalkovsky still retain the value of sources on the history of

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) and Zaporozhye Sech, since they are used many valuable documents that are not extant. The position of the scientist in motion estimation

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provoked a rebuke T. Shevchenko in his poem "Cold Yar. Collaborated in the

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", where issued, including oral histories NA A. Korzh. In addition to historical works, Apollo Skalkovsky dabbled in the literary soil. Author of historical novels "Kagalnichanka", "Crystal Beam," "Brothers Redeemer," "Mama".

Major works

* «Хронологическое обозрение истории Новороссийского края, 1730—1823», т.1-2, Одесса 1836—1838 * «Опыт статистического описания Новороссийского края», т.1-2, Одесса 1850–1853. * «История Новой Сечи или последнего коша Запорожского», т.1-3, Одесса 1885—1886 * «Наезды гайдамак на Западную Украину в XVIII столетии, 1733—1768», Одесса 1845

Literature

* Боровой С. Я. «А. А. Скальковский и его работы по истории Южной Украины», «Зап. Одес.археологич.об-ва», 1960, т. 1 * его же, «Про економічні погляди А. О. Скальковського», в кн."З історії економічної думки на Україні", Київ 1961. {{DEFAULTSORT:Skalkowski, Apollon 1808 births 1898 deaths Writers from Zhytomyr People from Volhynian Governorate People from the Russian Empire of Polish descent 19th-century Ukrainian historians Vilnius University alumni Corresponding members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences