Spiridon Palauzov (Спиридон Палаузов; July 16, 1818 in

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– August 17, 1872 in

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) was a Russian historian of Bulgarian descent who studied the medieval and modern history of Bulgaria, Romania, the Czech Republic, Hungary and the Austrian Empire. He also participated in the organization of the

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. He was the son of Nikolay Palauzov, who laid the stone at the foundation of Aprilov National High School with its first school. In 1832-1840 he studied at the

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, and in 1840-1843 studied at the

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and Munich. On August 24, 1843 he defended a dissertation at the

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on ancient Greek economy. He was elected a full member of the Imperial Society of Russian History and Antiquities in Moscow (1846). Palauzov introduced the concept of the

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in Bulgarian historiography.Палаузов, Спиридон Николаевич
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Historians from the Russian Empire 19th-century Bulgarian historians 1818 births 1872 deaths University of Bonn alumni Heidelberg University alumni Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni Writers from Odesa {{Bulgaria-historian-stub