Nikolay Gerasimovich Ustryalov (russian: Никола́й Гера́симович Устря́лов; 4 May (N.S. 16 May) 1805 in Bogorodickoye,

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– 8 June (N.S. 20 June) 1870 in Tsarskoye Selo,

) was a Russian Imperial historian who elaborated the Official Nationality Theory. His outline of Russia's history was awarded the

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for the best Russian history textbook (1837) and was highly regarded by Nicholas I himself. Ustryalov's father was a peasant, and his grand nephew

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was a notable politician. His major contributions to Russian historiography include the publication of several key sources on the Russian Tsardom such as

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's memoir (1830), the collection of reminiscences about

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(1831), and Andrey Kurbsky's complete writings (1833). The ''

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'' (1873–1876) cites Ustryalov as the author of ''The History of Russia'' (German translation, 3 vols., Stuttgart, 1840), which "urges the gradual

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of all the non-Russian tribes of the empire and has been officially introduced as a textbook into the Russian colleges". Ustryalov's lectures in the

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grew increasingly unpopular with students during Alexander II's liberal reign. He spent the latter part of his life working on the ten volumes of ''The History of

Peter the Great Peter I ( – ), most commonly known as Peter the Great,) or Pyotr Alekséyevich ( rus, Пётр Алексе́евич, p=ˈpʲɵtr ɐlʲɪˈksʲejɪvʲɪtɕ, , group=pron was a Russian monarch who ruled the Tsardom of Russia from t ...

's Reign'', of which however only volumes 1-4 and 6 were completed. This work was highly regarded by his contemporaries.The Russian Humanitarian Dictionary
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