Evgeny Vasilyevich Anichkov (russian: Евге́ний Васи́льевич Ани́чков, 14 January 1866,

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— 22 October 1937,

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) was a

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and historian who specialised in the

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and mythology, as well as their relation to and use in the Russian literature. His 1905 book ''The Ritual Spring Song in the West and With the Slavic Peoples'' (Весенняя обрядовая песня на Западе и у славян)''Аничков Е. В.'' Весенняя обрядовая песня на Западе и у славян. Ч. 1. От обряда к песне. СПб., 1903. XXX, 392 с. // Ч. 2. От песни к поэзии. СПб., 1905, XII, 404 с. won him the Lomonosov Prize in 1907. His magnum opus ''Paganism and Ancient Rus'' (Язычество и Древняя Русь) came out in 1914. Anichkov's numerous critical essays (on

Maxim Gorky Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в; – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (russian: Макси́м Го́рький, link=no), was a Russian writer and social ...

Leonid Andreyev Leonid Nikolaievich Andreyev (russian: Леони́д Никола́евич Андре́ев, – 12 September 1919) was a Russian playwright, novelist and short-story writer, who is considered to be a father of Expressionism in Russian litera ...

Valery Bryusov Valery Yakovlevich Bryusov ( rus, Вале́рий Я́ковлевич Брю́сов, p=vɐˈlʲerʲɪj ˈjakəvlʲɪvʲɪdʑ ˈbrʲusəf, a=Valyeriy Yakovlyevich Bryusov.ru.vorb.oga; – 9 October 1924) was a Russian poet, prose writer, drama ...

Konstantin Balmont Konstantin Dmitriyevich Balmont ( rus, Константи́н Дми́триевич Бальмо́нт, p=kənstɐnʲˈtʲin ˈdmʲitrʲɪjɪvʲɪdʑ bɐlʲˈmont, a=Konstantin Dmitriyevich Bal'mont.ru.vorb.oga; – 23 December 1942) was a Rus ...

and

Fyodor Sologub Fyodor Sologub (russian: Фёдор Сологу́б, born Fyodor Kuzmich Teternikov, russian: Фёдор Кузьми́ч Тете́рников, also known as Theodor Sologub; – 5 December 1927) was a Russian Symbolist poet, novelist, trans ...

among others) came out in two acclaimed collections, ''Literary Images and Ideas'' (Литературные образы и мнения, 1904) and ''The Forefathers and the Contemporariries in the Western and Russian Literatures'' (Предтечи и современники на Западе и у нас, 1910). He also edited the Complete Works by N.A. Dobrolyubov (in 9 volumes, 1911—1913), and authored numerous articles for the

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. Anichkov taught at the

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for women, as well as the

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where in 1902-1917 he was the head of the Western Literatures department. A respected Shakespearean scholar, he regularly visited

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(where at

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he read lectures on Slavic folklore and Russian mythology), as well as

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. In Paris, with

Maksim Kovalevsky Maksim Maksimovich Kovalevsky (Russian: Максим Максимович Ковалевский; 8 September 1851 – 5 April 1916) was a Russian jurist and the main authority on sociology in the Russian Empire. He was vice-president (1895) and p ...

, he co-founded the Russian High School of Social Studies. The 1917 Revolution found him in France where he stayed for a while before moving in 1918 to

, to lecture at the

and Skopje Universities. His book ''The New Russian Poetry'' (Новая русская поэзия), an extensive survey of the book on

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and

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, came out in

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in 1923. It was followed by ''Christianity and Ancient Rus'' (Христианство и Древняя Русь,

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, 1924). ''Timenchik, Roman''. Аничков Евгений Васильевич. Russian Writers. Biographical Dictionary // Русские писатели, 1800—1917: Биографический словарь. М., 1989. Т. 1: А — К. С. 77—78.Е. В. Аничков
at the Russian Literature and Folklore Onlibne Library // Русская литература и фольклор feb-web.ru

References

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