Nikolai Ivanovych Petrov (russian: Никола́й Ива́нович Петро́в) was an Imperial Russian

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and

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, long time worked in the Imperial Russian

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, one of founding members of the

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. Petrov who about 40 years worked for the

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, in 1918 attended the

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Extraordinary General Assembly where an issue was raised about establishing of the

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.Mahdalina Bukhalska.
Documents about life and works of academician Nikolai Petrov (ДОКУМЕНТИ ПРО ЖИТТЯ ТА ДІЯЛЬНІСТЬ АКАДЕМІКА МИКОЛИ ПЕТРОВА)
'. State Archive Service of Ukraine. Petrov was elected among the first academician of the newly established institution.

Works

* About origin and composition of the Slavic-Russian printing Prologue (russian: «О происхождении и составе славяно-русского печатного Пролога», 1875) * Outlines out of the history of Ukrainian literature of 19th century (russian: «Очерки из истории украинской литературы XIX века», 1884) * Description of manuscript collections located in the city of Kiev. The collection of manuscript of Metropolitan bishop of Moscow Makaria Bulgakov, Meletsky Monastery in Volhynia, Kiev Fraternity Monastery and Kiev Theological Seminary (russian: «Описание рукописных собраний, находящихся в городе Киеве. Собрание рукописей Московского митрополита Макария (Булгакова), Мелецкого монастыря на Волыни, Киево-Братского монастыря и Киевской духовной семинарии», 1892) * The Kiev Academy in the second half of the 17th century (russian: «Киевская академия во второй половине XVII века», 1895) * The first (Little Russian) period of his life and scientific and philosophical development of Hryhoriy Savvych Skovoroda (russian: «Первый (малорусский) период жизни и научно-философского развития Григория Саввича Сковороды», 1902) * Outlines out of the history of Ukrainian literature of 17th and 18th centuries (russian: «Очерки из истории украинской литературы XVII и XVIII веков», 1911)

References

External links

* Horbyk, V.
Nikolai Petrov (ПЕТРОВ МИКОЛА ІВАНОВИЧ)
'. Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. {{DEFAULTSORT:Petrov, Nikolai 1840 births 1921 deaths People from Kostroma Oblast People from Makaryevsky Uyezd (Kostroma Governorate) Full Members of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Kiev Theological Academy academic personnel