Aleksey Shakhmatov
Aleksey Shakhmatov | |
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Алексей Шахматов | |
Born | |
Died | 16 August 1920 Petrograd, Russian SFSR (now St. Petersburg) | (aged 56)
Resting place | Volkovo Cemetery |
Alma mater | Moscow State University |
Occupation(s) | philologist, historian |
Known for | science of textology |
Aleksey Aleksandrovich Shakhmatov (Russian: Алексе́й Алекса́ндрович Ша́хматов, 17 June [O.S. 5 June] 1864 – 16 August 1920) was a Russian philologist and historian credited with laying the foundations for the science of textology.[1] Shakhmatov held the title of Doctor of Russian language and philology (since 1894).[2] He was a full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (before 1917 the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences) since 1899 and a chair of the Department of Russian language and philology of the Academy of Sciences (1908–1920), a member of the Constitutional Democratic Party (1905) and the Russian Empire State Council (1906–1911).[2]
Biography
Born in
Shakhmatov furthered his education at the
In 1894, Shakhmatov returned to Moscow and won great acclaim for his PhD
In 1909, Shakhmatov moved to work at
1917 Revolution
Shakhmatov participated in the
Works
Shakhmatov is an author of several works in phonetics, dialectology, lexicography, syntax, history of East Slavic languages, modern Russian literary language, history of East Slavic people, history of Old Russian literature, Slavic accentology.[2] In his monographies "Research in a field of the Russian phonetics" (Исследования в области русской фонетики, 1894), "To the history of sounds in the Russian language" (К истории звуков русского языка, 1903), and others, Shakhmatov set a goal to restore the All-Russian pronunciation in all of its phonetical details by way of juxtaposition of old and modern eastern Slavic dialects with involving of data from other Slavic languages.[2]
Shakhmatov is best remembered for having pioneered textological research of early Russian chronicles, notably the Primary Chronicle. He established with a great degree of precision the stages of evolution of that key document, even attempting to reconstruct the postulated proto-version of Nestor's chronicle. His research proved seminal for subsequent generations of historians.[citation needed]
Shakhmatov was also responsible for publication and pioneering studies of minor or derelict Slavic languages. His studies of Slavic
References
- ^ "Шахматов Алексей Александрович". Great Soviet Encyclopedia.
- ^ a b c d Aristov, V. Aleksei Aleksandrovich Shakhmatov (ШАХМАТОВ ОЛЕКСІЙ ОЛЕКСАНДРОВИЧ). Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine. 2013
- ^ Quelques remarques sur la brochure intitulée: La question du Prekmurje étudiée et présentée par M. Slavič. Par I. Melich et S. Mikola. Budapest – 1919.