Orest Fyodorovich Miller (russian: Оре́ст Фёдорович Ми́ллер; 4 August 1833 – 1 June 1889) was a Russian folklorist, professor in
Russian literature
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, of
Baltic German origin from
Estonia
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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 ...
References
1833 births
1889 deaths
People from Haapsalu
People from Kreis Wiek
Baltic-German people
Russian folklorists
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He was the author of Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky ' s first ever biography (1883)