Mykola Markevych
Mykola MarkevychCossack descent,[3] who was known as a friend of Alexander Pushkin, Wilhelm Küchelbecker, Anton Delvig and Kondraty Ryleyev. His main work is the History of Little Russia (in 5 vols.), which was published in Moscow between 1842 and 1843.
History
Mykola Markevych was born in
Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire (now located in modern-day Ukraine) on 7 February 1804. He studied at the Saint Petersburg Pedagogical Institute from 1817 to 1820. Then he studied piano and composition in Moscow. He served as an officer in the Russian Imperial army
from 1820–1824.
Markevych collected many historical materials on Cossack history and Ukrainian
Yakov Barabash and Martyn Pushkar. His works influenced his friends Alexander Pushkin and Wilhelm Küchelbecker as well as Nikolai Gogol.[4]
He died in Turivka,
Russian Literature in Saint Petersburg
.
References
- ^ "Markevych, Mykola Andrīĭovych, 1804-1860". Library of Congress. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ISBN 9780920862186. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ Ohloblyn, Oleksander. "Markevych, Mykola". Encyclopedia of Ukraine. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- JSTOR 131656.
External links
- Косачевская
Е. М. Н. А. Маркевич, 1804—1860. — Л. : Изд-во ЛГУ, 1987. — 284 с.
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