Orest Fyodorovich Miller (russian: Оре́ст Фёдорович Ми́ллер; 4 August 1833 – 1 June 1889) was a Russian folklorist, professor in

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, of Baltic German origin from

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. He is the author of the book
''Илья Муромец и богатырство киевское''
(" Ilya Muromets and the Kievan bogatyrs" )Miller, Orest
in

Tietosanakirja The ' ("Encyclopedia", lit. "knowledge word-book", "knowledge dictionary"), published in 11 volumes from 1909 to 1922, was the first Finnish language encyclopedia. It was published by ''Tietosanakirja-Osakeyhtiö'', a joint effort between Otava ...

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1833 births 1889 deaths People from Haapsalu People from Kreis Wiek Baltic-German people Russian folklorists {{russia-bio-stub He was the author of Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky ' s first ever biography (1883)