Xenofont Antonovich Govorsky (1811, Kiev - June 17, 1871, Vilna ) - Russian archaeologist, historian, journalist and publisher. The representative of the socio-political movement West Russianism .
| Xenophon Antonovich Govorsky | |
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| Date of Birth | 1811 |
| Place of Birth | Kiev |
| Date of death | June 17, 1871 |
| Place of death | Vilna |
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| Occupation | archaeologist, historian, journalist , publisher. |
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Biography
KA Govorsky came from a Greek Catholic family. Received a spiritual education.
Pedagogical activity
At the beginning of his career, KA Govorsky served as a teacher of history and Jewish language at the Belarusian Uniate Theological Seminary . He then accepted Orthodoxy , and in 1835 received a degree from the St. Petersburg Theological Academy [1] .
After studying at the St. Petersburg Theological Academy, K. A. Govorsky worked as a teacher at the Polotsk Theological Seminary . In Polotsk, in different years, he taught universal history, Hebrew, church history, church antiquities, biblical history and canonical law.
Scientific Activities
KA Govorsky is one of the pioneers of archaeological research in Belarus. In the early 50s of the XIX century, he was engaged in archaeological excavations in Polotsk and nearby lands. Following the excavations, a number of articles were published. March 20, 1852 K.A. Govorsky was elected a corresponding member of the Imperial Russian Archaeological Society . The researcher identified and published the relevant materials related to the Belarusian history. KA Govorsky also studied the church history of Belarus. He wrote the work "Historical and statistical description of the Polotsk Diocese" (1853), which was not published [2] .
Editor and Publisher
In 1857-1858, he worked as an editor at the Vitebsk Provincial Gazette , which also published his studies on history and the relevant materials he had revealed.
Then Xenophon Antonovich moved to Kiev , where, on July 1, 1862, he began to publish the journal Vestnik of South-Western and Western Russia , four years later renamed Vestnik of Western Russia. The magazine defended sovereign ideas, supported by government policy. The greatest attention was paid to the fight against polonization and Catholic proselytism in Western Russian regions.
K.A. Govorsky died on June 17, 1871, and was buried in Vilnius at the Euphrosyne cemetery .
Socio-political views
A community of scholars, journalists and writers has been formed around the journal Vestnik Zapadnoy Rossii, concerned with preserving the integrity of the Russian people and confronting polonization and separatism. Subsequently, this socio-political movement was called " Western Russianism ."
KA Govorsky also traced Polish influence in the activities of Ukrainophiles, who advocated the creation of a separate Ukrainian from the Russian literary language . In a letter to the Galician-Russian figure Yakov Golovatsky, he wrote: “In Kiev we only have no more than five stubborn Khokhlomans from natural Little Russians, and that (other) all Poles, who were most concerned about the distribution of Little Russian books. They, dressed in scrolls, wandered around the villages and scattered these little girls; truly nosy lyakh sensed in this matter for myself I will live when I decided on such feats ”.
See also
- Koyalovich Mikhail Osipovich
- Karsky Evfimy Fedorovich
- Sapunov Alexey Parfenovich
- Western Russianism
Notes
- Graduates of the St. Petersburg (from 1914 - Petrograd) Theological Academy 1814-1894, 1896-1918.
- ↑ Alekseev, L.V. Archeology and regional studies of Belarus of the XVI century - 30s of the XX century. - Minsk: Belaruskaya Navuka, 1996. - p. 90-93
Links
- Chulkov N. P. Govorsky, Xenophon Antonovich // Russian biographical dictionary : in 25 volumes. - SPb. - M. , 1896-1918.