Aleksandr Nikolaevich Pypin and His Place in Russian Historiography

Throughout the last third of the nineteenth century, one of the most notable figures in Russian historiography, literary criticism, Slavic studies [slavistika], and ethnography was A. N. Pypin (1833-1904). His sociopolitical opinions found popularity both in liberal society and among representatives of the radical-democratic camp. Not limiting himself to the sphere of one or another narrow specialty, Pypin consciously strove toward attaining fullness and completeness in his scholarly horizons. An expert on the history of Russian enlightenment and literature, he had a firm grasp of the most varied fields, and "in effect, stood at the head of our entire scholarly movement."1

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