Izmail Ivanovič Sreznevskijs Reise durch Österreich 1841–1842
Izmail Ivanovič Sreznevskij's journey through Austria 1841-1842

Summary/Abstract: Izmail Ivanovič Sreznevskij was born in Yaroslavl´ in 1812. The family moved to Khar´kov, when Izmail’s father was given a post at the University. He startet his studies at the University of Khar´kov. However, in 1838 his PhD dissertation was rejected. This fact played an important role in his further academic career. At the instigation of the Russian ministery of education Sreznevskij was sent to the Slavic countries outside Russia in order to prepare himself for the position of a professor of the recently founded chair of the History and literature of the Slavic dialects. His travels lasted from 1839 to 1842. He visited Prussia, Saxonia, Bohemia, Moravia, Lusatia, Austria, Venetia, Croatia, Slavonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Carniola (Kranj), Carinthia, Hungary, Galicia, and Poland. In Prague Sreznevskij met the most outstanding Slavists and writers like Šafářík, Hanka, Čelakovský, Palacký, Jungmann, and others. In Vienna he was especially impressed by Vuk Karadžić, and it was Sreznevskij who was to write Vuk’s first biography. He spent a short time in Graz where the first chair of the Slovenian language existed. In Zagreb he met the most outstanding representatives of the Illyrian movement. In Carinthia and other Slovenian areas his field work resulted in the first description of the Slovene dialects.

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