Pyotr Vasilievich Kireevsky (russian: Пётр Васи́льевич Кире́евский, 23 February 1808 in Dolbino, Likhvinsky Uyezd,

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– 6 November 1856) was a Russian folklorist and

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources; it is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics (with especially strong ties to etymology). Philology is also defined as th ...

many of whose materials remain unpublished to this day. Kireevsky was an ardent Slavophile like his elder and more famous brother Ivan Vasilievich (although

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thought Pyotr the more original of the two). He spent his entire life collecting folk songs and lyrics. Some of these were contributed by

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, Nikolai Gogol, Aleksey Koltsov, and

Vladimir Dahl Vladimir Ivanovich Dal ( rus, Влади́мир Ива́нович Даль, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr ɨˈvanəvʲɪdʑ ˈdalʲ; November 22, 1801 – October 4, 1872) was a noted Russian-language lexicographer, polyglot, Turkologist, and founding ...

. During his lifetime, Kireevsky printed only the first volume of his collection, containing "spiritual lyrics". Ten other volumes were brought out posthumously, between 1860 and 1874, under the supervision of Pyotr Bessonov. Another anthology was published in 1911; it was used by Igor Stravinsky to arrange his libretto for the ballet ''

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'' (first performed in 1923).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kireevsky, Peter 1808 births 1856 deaths People from Belyovsky District People from Likhvinsky Uyezd Slavophiles Russian folklorists Russian philologists Russian nationalists