Konstantin Alekseevich Nevolin (1806–1855) was a Russian

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Academic career

He started his academic career as a professor of law in Berlin in 1829. In 1834 he returned to

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after he was appointed rector of the newly founded

University of Kiev 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 ...

. Later he also served as a professor of law at

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from 1843.

Monographs

Nevolin compiled his two-volume ''Encyclopedia of Jurisprudence'' (vols. 1–2, 1839–1840), on the history of government. It was heavily influenced by Hegel's Philosophy of Right. His other monographs include ''History of Russian Civil Laws'' (vols. 1–3, 1851), ''The Formation of Governmental Administration in Russia From Ivan III up to Peter the Great'' (1844), ''On the Novgorod Piatiny and Pogosty in the XVI Century'' (1853) and ''A General List of Russian Cities'' (1844).

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Biography (Russian)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nevolin, Konstantin Alekseevich 1806 births 1855 deaths People from Kirov Oblast People from Orlovsky Uyezd (Vyatka Governorate) Legal historians 19th-century historians from the Russian Empire Russian legal scholars Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the Austrian Empire Rectors of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv Demidov Prize laureates