Dmitry Pavlovich Pilchikov (russian: Дмитрий Павлович Пильчиков, uk, Дмитро Павлович Пильчиков; October 26 (

November 7 Events Pre-1600 * 335 – Athanasius is banished to Trier, on the charge that he prevented a grain fleet from sailing to Constantinople. * 680 – The Sixth Ecumenical Council commences in Constantinople. * 921 – Treaty of Bon ...

, New Style) 1821,

Kherson Governorate The Kherson Governorate (1802–1922; russian: Херсонская губерния, translit.: ''Khersonskaya guberniya''; uk, Херсонська губернія, translit=Khersonska huberniia), was an administrative territorial unit (als ...

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

– 5 October (

October 17 Events Pre-1600 * 690 – Empress Wu Zetian establishes the Zhou Dynasty of China. *1091 – London tornado of 1091: A tornado thought to be of strength T8/F4 strikes the heart of London. *1346 – The English capture King Davi ...

New Style) 1893,

Kharkov Kharkiv ( uk, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest city and municipality in Ukraine.

) was a Ukrainian pan-slavist, civic and cultural activist, teacher, and a member of the Ukrainian national revival society known as the Brotherhood of Saints Cyril and Methodius.

Life

Dmitry Pilchikov belonged to Russian nobility from the

. In 1863 he graduated from the historical-philological faculty of the St. Vladimir University of Kiev. After that he worked as assistant librarian in the same University in Kiev. In 1846–1864 years he taught at the Poltava Cadet Corps. 1846 he joined the so-called Brotherhood of Saints Cyril and Methodius. In 1860-1870s took part in the National democratic movement, he was a member and active advocate Ukrainophilism in the Governorate of

Poltava Poltava (, ; uk, Полтава ) is a city located on the Vorskla River in central Ukraine. It is the capital city of the Poltava Oblast (province) and of the surrounding Poltava Raion (district) of the oblast. Poltava is administratively ...

. In the 1870s maintained contacts with the Galician public and cultural figures, and with

Mykhailo Drahomanov Mykhailo Petrovych Drahomanov ( ukr, Михайло Петрович Драгоманов; 18 September 1841 – 2 July 1895) was a Ukrainian intellectual and public figure. As an academic, Drahomanov was an economist, historian, philosopher, and ...

. In 1873 while in

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, Pilchikov gave money to Elisabeth Miloradovic (aunt of

Pavlo Skoropadsky Pavlo Petrovych Skoropadskyi ( uk, Павло Петрович Скоропадський, Pavlo Petrovych Skoropadskyi; – 26 April 1945) was a Ukrainian aristocrat, military and state leader, decorated Imperial Russian Army and Ukrainian Arm ...

) on creation of the literary society of Taras Shevchenko (later known as

Shevchenko Scientific Society The Shevchenko Scientific Society () is a Ukrainian scientific society devoted to the promotion of scholarly research and publication that was founded in 1873. Unlike the government-funded National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the society ...

). He died on October 5 (October 17, New Style), 1893 in

Kharkov Kharkiv ( uk, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest city and municipality in Ukraine.

(present-day Kharkiv,

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

). Dmitry Pilchikov was father of prominent Russian physicist, inventor, and geologist Nikolay Pilchikov.

External links

in ukrainian

at the

Encyclopedia of Ukraine The ''Encyclopedia of Ukraine'' ( uk, Енциклопедія українознавства, translit=Entsyklopediia ukrainoznavstva), published from 1984 to 2001, is a fundamental work of Ukrainian Studies. Development The work was creat ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pylchykov, Dmytro Ukrainian democracy activists 1821 births 1893 deaths Ukrainian philanthropists Ukrainian nationalists People from Kherson Governorate Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv alumni Ukrainian people in the Russian Empire Brotherhood of Saints Cyril and Methodius members 19th-century philanthropists