Nestor Alexandrovich Kotlyarevsky (Не′стор Алекса′ндрович Котляре′вский February 2, 1863,

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author, publicist, literary critic and historian. A high-profile scholar and a Russian academy honorary member (since 1906), Kotlyarevsky taught the history of literature at Moscow University, a series of his lectures served later as a foundation for one of his best known works, ''The Nineteenth Century'' (1921). Kotlyarevsky also went down in history as the first director of the Pushkin House (1910).

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1863 births Writers from Moscow Russian literary critics Russian journalists 1925 deaths Moscow State University faculty Russian educators Burials at Nikolskoe Cemetery {{Russia-writer-stub