Loving Teacher and Grateful Student: Letters of A. A. Dmitrievsky to K. S. Kekelidze, 1906–1929
The proposed material presents the letters of the outstanding Russian liturgist A. A. Dmitrievsky to his former student at the Kiev Theological Academy, Academician of the Georgian Academy of Sciences K. S. Kekelidze. The introductory article gives brief biographical sketches of the correspondents,...
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| Language: | English |
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Russian Orthodox Church. Ekaterinburg Theological Seminary of the Ekaterinburg Eparchy
2025-06-01
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| Series: | Вестник Екатеринбургской духовной семинарии |
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| Online Access: | https://epds.ru/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/9_N50-2025_Publication-Akishin.pdf |
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| Summary: | The proposed material presents the letters of the outstanding Russian liturgist A. A. Dmitrievsky to his former student at the Kiev Theological Academy, Academician of the Georgian Academy of Sciences K. S. Kekelidze. The introductory article gives brief biographical sketches of the correspondents, characterizes the dynamics of the correspondence and the main topics covered in it; one letter is suggested to be dated by the year 1929, although the scholar himself indicates different year of its writing. Special attention is paid to the description of the source potential of the letters and the systematization of the new information concerning the biography of A. A. Dmitrievsky in 1906–1929: the pre-revolutionary decade of the scientist’s life in St. Petersburg/Petrograd; his life in Astrakhan in 1919–1923; and his return to Petrograd, where the scientist actually had to resettle. In connection with the Leningrad period of A. A. Dmitrievsky’s life, discussed are his teaching and scientific activity, peculiarities of his everyday life and financial situation, as well as his trips outside Leningrad, etc.
The second part of the material published contains 20 documents: 19 letters of A. A. Dmitrievsky and one telegram of K. S. Kekelidze addressed to the scientist. The publication of the letters is accompanied by a commentary revealing the historical realities, and names of the mentioned persons, the titles of books and articles, and also the meanings of foreign words and expressions, allusions, etc. |
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| ISSN: | 2224-5391 2782-7496 |