Peter Mikhailovich Bogaevsky (or Bogayevsky) ((russian: Пётр Михайлович Богаевский) (( bg, Петър Михайлович Богаевски) (January 23, 1866 — January 29, 1929)
was a professor of international law in the Russian Empire. He was a professor at
Tomsk University
The National Research Tomsk State University, TSU (russian: Национа́льный иссле́довательский То́мский госуда́рственный университе́т) is a public research university located in Tom ...
and later at
Kiev University
Kyiv University or Shevchenko University or officially the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv ( uk, Київський національний університет імені Тараса Шевченка), colloquially known as KNU ...
where he founded and directed the Kiev Institute for Near East.
Following the
Socialist revolution
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, he fled as an emigre to
Sofia, Bulgaria
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where he assumed the post of professor of
international law
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at the
University of Sofia
Sofia University, "St. Kliment Ohridski" at the University of Sofia, ( bg, Софийски университет „Св. Климент Охридски“, ''Sofijski universitet „Sv. Kliment Ohridski“'') is the oldest higher education i ...
. With
Stefan Bobchev
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he founded the
Free University of Political and Economic Science.
It was then also known as the ''Balkan Institute of the Near East'', and was a private, but state-recognized institute which drew on the
Ecole des Sciences Politiques
, motto_lang = fr
, mottoeng = Roots of the Future
, type = Public research university'' Grande école''
, established =
, founder = Émile Boutmy
, accreditation ...
as a model, and offered courses in diplomatic and consular services, administration and finance, and other areas.
References
See also
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List of Russian legal historians Russian legal historians, scholars who study Russian law in historical perspective, include:
* Harold J. Berman (1918–2007), Harvard law professor and expert on Russian law
* William E. Butler (1939–), distinguished professor of law at Dickins ...
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Scholars in Russian law
Lawyers from the Russian Empire
Legal historians
Historians from the Russian Empire
1866 births
1929 deaths
Academic staff of Tomsk State University
White Russian emigrants to Bulgaria
Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Bulgaria
Academic staff of Sofia University
University of National and World Economy
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