Ilya Pavlovich Petrushevsky

Ilya Pavlovich Petrushevsky Russian: Илья́ Па́влович Петруше́вский; (June 10 [22], 1898 in Kiev – March 18, 1977 in Leningrad) was a Soviet Orientalist, Honored Scientist of the USSR. Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor.

Ilya Pavlovich Petrushevsky
Born(1898-06-10)June 10, 1898
Kiev
DiedMarch 18, 1977(1977-03-18) (aged 78)
St. Petersburg, Russia
OccupationHistorian

Biography

In 1926 he graduated from the Faculty of History and Philology of Kharkiv and Baku Universities . In 1926-1931 he worked in Baku . In 1931, under the leadership of P. K. Zhoze and Yu. N. Marr, he studied Arabic and Persian languages at the Institute of the Caucasus Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences in Tbilisi . In 1933 - 1936 he taught at the University of Tbilisi. Candidate of Historical Sciences (1935, without protection). In 1936-1941 he worked in the Leningrad branch of the Institute of History of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR,[1] taught at the regional pedagogical institute. Doctor of Historical Sciences (1941), doctoral dissertation - "Essays on the history of feudal relations in Azerbaijan and Armenia in the 16th to early 19th century."[2] During the Great Patriotic War, he taught in Baku and Tashkent . In 1945 - 1947 he worked in the Leningrad branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences. Since 1947 - Professor of the Leningrad University . In 1950 - 1954 and 1961 - 1977 he headed the Department of History of the Middle East countries of the Eastern Faculty . In 1956 -In 1959 he led the Iranian Group of the Leningrad branch of the IVAN USSR (from November 1957 it was renamed the Iranian Cabinet).

Main areas of scientific interest - the history of agriculture and feudal relations in the Near and Middle East, the history of popular movements in medieval Iran,[3] relations between nomadic and sedentary populations, the history of Islam . The works of I. P. Petrushevsky are in demand in world Orientalism,[4] some of them have been translated into Persian and English. Total published more than 90 works.[5]

He died in 1977.[6] He was buried at Serafimovskoe Cemetery of St. Petersburg

Works

References
  1. "Islam in Iran". Suny Press. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  2. Gaalichiian, Rouben. Azerbaijan's Historico - Geographical Falsifications (PDF). fundamentalarmenology. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  3. Pigulevskaya, I.V; Yakubovsky A.Yu, A.Yu. "The history of Iran from ancient times to the end of the XVIII century". farhang-alshia.narod.ru. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  4. Lewis, Bernard (24 June 1982). The Question of Orientalism (PDF). The New York Review Books. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  5. "Petrushevskiĭ, I. P. (Ilʹi︠a︡ Pavlovich) 1898-1977". www.worldcat.org. WorldCat Identities. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  6. "KATALOG DER DEUTSCHEN NATIONALBIBLIOTHEK". German National Library. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  7. Petrushevsky, Ilya Pavlovich (1985). Islam in Iran. Continuum International Publishing Group. p. 408.
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