Yuriy Venelin

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Yuriy Venelin
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Born
Georgiy Hutsa

(1802-09-22)September 22, 1802
, Kingdom of Hungary
DiedMarch 26, 1839(1839-03-26) (aged 36)
Moscow, Russian Empire
EducationImperial Moscow University
Lviv University
OccupationHistorian

Yuriy Ivanovich Venelin (Rusyn: Юрій Іванович Венелін; born Georgiy Hutsa; 22 September 1802 – 26 March 1839) was a Rusyn slavist, folklorist, ethnographer and philologist best known for his research on the language, history and culture of Bulgaria and its people.

Biography[]

Venelin was born in the village of Velka Tibava in Subcarpathian Ruthenia, Kingdom of Hungary (the present day village of in Mukachevo Raion of Zakarpattia Oblast of Ukraine).[1] He enrolled in Lviv University and later moved to Chişinău, where he examined the language and history of Bulgarian expatriates. Venelin studied medicine at the Imperial Moscow University, but his interest in Bulgarian culture continued.

In 1830, he was envoyed to the Ottoman-ruled Bulgarian lands by the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences. He visited Bulgarian cities such as Varna, Kavarna and Silistra, recording folk songs and sayings and gaining a firsthand knowledge of the Bulgarian language.[2] In 1836, he made the acquaintance of Odessa-based Bulgarian émigré Vasil Aprilov, with whom he kept up an active correspondence.

He died in Moscow in 1839.[2]

Works[]

Critical studies on the history of Bulgaria

Venelin was the author of The old and today's Bulgarians in their political, ethnographic, historical and religious relations to the Russians, published in three volumes from 1829 to 1841.[3] The work has been credited for popularizing the Bulgarian culture and history in the Russian Empire and influencing the national feelings of many Bulgarian émigrés.[4][2]

Venelin's book Critical studies on the history of Bulgaria, published posthumously in an abridged version in 1849 in Moscow on historian Spiridon Palauzov's initiative. The issue was financed by Russia-based Bulgarian merchant . The book was published again in 1853 in a complete Bulgarian translation in Zemun in today's Serbia; the translation was done by teacher , father of poet Hristo Botev.

Other works by Yuriy Venelin include On the character of folk songs among the trans-Danubian Slavs, On the formation of new Bulgarian literature, Grammar of the modern Bulgarian language and Ancient and Modern Slovenes.

References[]

  1. ^ MacDermott, Mercia (1962). A History of Bulgaria 1395–1885. New York: Frederick A. Praeger. p. 123. Retrieved 18 June 2021 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Бакалов, Георги; Милен Куманов (2003). "ВЕНЕЛИН , Юрий Иванович (истинско име: Георги Хуца) (22.IV.1802-26.III.1839)". Електронно издание "История на България" (in Bulgarian). София: Труд, Сирма. ISBN 954528613X.
  3. ^ Crampton, R. J. (2005). A Concise History of Bulgaria (2nd ed.). Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paolo: Cambridge University Press. p. 48.
  4. ^ Buchan, John, ed. (1924). "Bulgaria". Bulgaria and Romania: The Nations of Today; A New History of the World. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. p. 34. Retrieved 21 June 2021 – via Internet Archive.

Bibliography[]

  • Imperial Moscow University: 1755-1917: encyclopedic dictionary. Moscow: Russian political encyclopedia (ROSSPEN). A. Andreev, D. Tsygankov. 2010. pp. 118–119. ISBN 978-5-8243-1429-8.
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