Ivan Petrovich Maximovich (d. 1 ( 12 ) December 1732 , Moscow ) - Russian translator and lexicographer . Nephew of Metropolitan John Maximovich .
| Ivan Petrovich Maksimovich | |
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| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | |
| Date of death | December 1, 1732 |
| A place of death | Moscow |
| Citizenship (citizenship) | |
| Occupation | translator and lexicographer |
| Language of Works | |
After graduating from the Kiev-Mohyla Academy at the beginning of the 18th century , he worked as a clerk of the Nezhin regiment. He was a confidant of the hetman Mazepa , was part of the embassy, sent by the Cossacks to Constantinople. In 1714, he was amnestied by Peter I and settled in Moscow , where, thanks to Stefan Yavorsky, he became a translator at the Moscow printing house.
In 1724, Maksimovich completed work on a Latin-Russian dictionary intended for school use. When compiling it, Maximovich used the Latin-Polish dictionary of Knapp and the dictionary of Epiphanius Slavinetsky . The dictionary was printed for the coronation of Empress Catherine I. Another work of John ("Description of the printing library") remained unfinished.
In 1726, he again remembered his participation in the betrayal of Mazepa and he was removed from office.
Literature
- Bakery. Science and lit. T. 1 (1862);
- Maksimovich I. Sat. information about the genus Maksimovich. Riga, 1897;
- Kostomarov N.I. Mazepa and Mazepa. St. Petersburg, 1905;
- Horbatsch O. Ivan Maksymovyč, ein verkannter ukrainischer Lexikograph des 18. Jahrhunderts und sein Wörterbuch // The Annals of the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the US 1960. Vol. 8;
- Nikolaev S.I. occupations of Ivan Maksimovich // Tr. Sep. Ancient Rus. lit. L., 1985. T. 40;
- Nikolaev S. I. The “Lexicographic” Epigram of Feofan Prokopovich // Rus. speech. 1995. No. 5.
Links
- Article in the Dictionary of Russian writers of the 18th century
- John (Maksimovich), translator and lexicographer // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.