Albert Vikentyevich Starchevsky (russian: Альберт Викентьевич Старчевский, born Adalbert-Voytekh Starchevsky, pl, Adalbert-Wojciech Starczewski, 28 April 1818,

Kiev Governorate Kiev Governorate, r=Kievskaya guberniya; uk, Київська губернія, Kyivska huberniia (, ) was an administrative division of the Russian Empire from 1796 to 1919 and the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1919 to 1925. It wa ...

, Imperial Russia, — 7 October 1901,

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, Imperial Russia) was a Russian literary historian,

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalis ...

, editor,

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined as th ...

lexicographer Lexicography is the study of lexicons, and is divided into two separate academic disciplines. It is the art of compiling dictionaries. * Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries. * Theoretica ...

and

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of Polish descent. Born in the Ivki village,

, into a Polish family, Starchevsky studied law first at

Kiev 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 ...

, then at

Saint Petersburg University Saint Petersburg State University (SPBU; russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет) is a public research university in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of Peter the G ...

. He published his first major work (''Foreign Writers' Accounts of Russia'', 1841, followed by the part two of it, ''Historiae Rathenicae Scriptores exteri saeculi XVI'', 1842) while still a student.Albert Starchevsky
at the Dostoyevsky dictionary. - www.fedordostoevsky.ru An authority on

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and

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n languages, he authored numerous books on Slavic

philology Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined as th ...

and ethnography, compiled and edited several important Eastern languages dictionaries, including the Ancient Slavic Language dictionary (1899), as well as the original edition of the Russian Encyclopedic Dictionary, in 1848–1853. Starchevsky edited '' Biblioteka Dlya Chtenya'' (with

Osip Senkovsky Osip Ivanovich Senkovsky (russian: О́сип Ива́нович Сенко́вский), born Józef Julian Sękowski ( in Antagonka, near Vilnius – in Saint Petersburg), was a Polish-Russian orientalist, journalist, and entertainer. Life ...

, in the 1850s), '' Syn Otechestva'' (from 1856, for some twenty years, with breaks), then (in 1879–1885) ''Sovremennost'' (Our Times), ''Ulei'' (Beehive), ''Ekho'' (Echo) and ''Rodina'' (Native Land) newspapers.Saitov, Vladimir
Старчевский, Альберт Викентьевич
Saint Petersburg necropol. 1913, Vol. 4.

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Russian journalists Russian editors Russian literary historians People from Kiev Governorate People from the Russian Empire of Polish descent 1818 births 1901 deaths {{Russia-writer-stub