Historian Nikolai Oulianov — Student and Lecturer of the Leningrad State University Cover Image

Историк Николай Иванович Ульянов — студент и преподаватель Ленинградского государственного университета
Historian Nikolai Oulianov — Student and Lecturer of the Leningrad State University

Author(s): Petr Nikolaevich Bazanov
Subject(s): History
Published by: Издательство Исторического факультета СПбГУ
Keywords: Nikolai Oulianoff; Leningrad University; Department of History; S. F. Platonov; the history; the second emigration

Summary/Abstract: There is a comprehensive study of the life and activities of Professor Nikolai Ivanovich Oulianoff, the representative of the second wave of emigration. N. I. Oulianoff — well-known historian, the last student of academician S. F. Platonov, philosophy of history theorist. He was a recognized expert on the national question and the phenomenon of separatism in Russia. He was the author of the scientific monograph "The Origin of Ukrainian separatism". This article is based on a previously unknown documents — personal files of historian as a student and a teacher (Joint archive of St. Petersburg State University, Central state archive of St. Petersburg). For the first time in historiography author describes a student and faculty life of N. I. Oulianoff. Particular attention is paid to teachers and colleagues of N. I. Oulianoff — employees of the Leningrad University. The author discovered emigrant’s memoir on the activities of the University in 1920. Memories are verified by newly discovered documents. The information about university lecturer of 1920s (pedagogue V. A. Zelenko, theatricologist A. I. Piotrowski, historians A. E. Presnyakov, S. V. Voznesensky, A. I. Andreev, P. P. Shchegolev) is very important. Memoir reveals unexpected details about the life and work of his teachers and colleagues (S. F. Platonov, I. M. Graves, E. V. Tarle, F. I. Uspensky, G. S. Seidel, M. M. Tsvibak, M. I. Levchenko, V. V. Mavrodin and others). N. I. Oulianoff’s former students’ memories (G. Z. Deutsch, M. G. Rabinowitz, N. N. Rutych) are of great interest. Later they becam known as historians.

  • Issue Year: 5/2015
  • Issue No: 14
  • Page Range: 94-109
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Russian