Konstantin Nevolin

Summary

Konstantin Alekseevich Nevolin (1806–1855)[1] was a Russian legal historian.

Konstantin Nevolin
Konstantin Alekseevich Nevolin
Born1806
DiedOct. 6 (18), 1855

Academic career edit

He started his academic career as a professor of law in Berlin in 1829. In 1834 he returned to Kiev after he was appointed rector of the newly founded University of Kiev.[2] Later he also served as a professor of law at Saint Petersburg State University from 1843.[3]

Monographs edit

Nevolin compiled his two-volume Encyclopedia of Jurisprudence (vols. 1–2, 1839–1840), on the history of government. It was heavily influenced by Hegel's Philosophy of Right.[2][3] His other monographs include History of Russian Civil Laws (vols. 1–3, 1851), The Formation of Governmental Administration in Russia From Ivan III up to Peter the Great (1844), On the Novgorod Piatiny and Pogosty in the XVI Century (1853) and A General List of Russian Cities (1844).[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Joseph L. Wieczynski (1994). The Modern Encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet History. Academic International Press. pp. 174–. ISBN 978-0-87569-064-3.
  2. ^ a b George J.. Gutsche (1989). The Modern encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet literatures: including non-Russian and emigre literatures. Gorin, Grigorii Izrailevich - Holovko, Andrii Vasyl'evych. Academic international press. pp. 213–. ISBN 978-0-87569-038-4.
  3. ^ a b c "Nevolin, Konstantin Alekseevich". The Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Retrieved 29 June 2013.

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  • Biography (Russian)
Educational offices
Preceded by
Volodymyr Tsykh
Rector of St.Vladimir Kiev University
1837–1843
Succeeded by
Vasiliy Fyodorov