Shlyapkin Ilya

Shlyapkin Ilya (1858–1918) – philologist, paleographer, historian of Old Russian art.

After the gymnasium he enrolled to the Historical and Philological Faculty of the St. Petersburg University; he graduated from it in 1881, and stayed at the Chair of the History of Russian Literature to prepare himself for the professor position. In 1891, he defended his Master thesis ‘St Dmitry of Rostov and His Time’ and got a position of Ass, Docent.

In 1888, he started to teach at the St. Petersburg University; since 1901 – Professor of the Chair of the History of Russian Literature. In 1886-1895, he taught at the Nickolaevsky Cadet School; since 1890 – at the High Female Courses (Dean of the Historical Department); since 1896 – at the Aleksandrovsky Lyceum and at the Archeological Institute. He was also a member of the Academic Committee at the Ministry of People’s Education.

His research works were centered at the monuments of the Old Russian literature and art. He also studied and published manuscripts by V. A. Zhukovsky, A. S. Griboedov, A. S. Pushkin, A. I. Herzen. He was the author of works on the theory and practice of paleography.

Compositions

A Description of Manuscripts of the Suzdal Saviour St Euthymios Monastery. St. Petersburg, 1881. (in Rus.)
Russian Sermon of the Eleventh Century on the Translation of Relics of St Nickolas the Wonder-Maker and Its Relation to Western Sources. St. Petersburg, 1881. (in Rus.)
Tale on Vasily the Golden-Locks, Prince of the Land of Czechs. St. Petersburg, 1882. (in Rus.)
‘Hexameron’ by George of Pisidia; with Introduction and Commentaries. St. Petersburg, 1882. (in Rus.)
Word of Daniel the Immured on All Known Copies; with Introduction and Commentaries. St. Petersburg, 1889. (in Rus.)
George of Pisidia and His Poem in Russian Translation. St. Petersburg, 1890. (in Rus.)
St Dmitry of Rostov and His Time (1651-1709). St. Petersburg, 1891. (in Rus.)
Ancient Russian Crosses. St. Petersburg, 1906. (in Rus.)
Manuscripts of the Vologda Seminary // Bibliograficheskaya letopis’. 1917, No 3. (in Rus.)

Bibliography

Biographical Lexicon of professors and Teachers of the Imperial St. Petersburg University for the Passed Third Quarter of the Century of Its Existence. 1869‒1894. St. Petersburg, 1896. Т. 2 (М – Я). С. 342 – 344. (in Rus.)

About him

Gromov А. А. A Survey of the research Activity of I. А. Shlyapkin. St. Petersburg, 1907. (in Rus.)
Platonov S. F. Ilya Аleksandrovich Shlyapkin: Obituary // Russkyi istoricheskyi zhurnal, 1918, book 5. (in Rus.)
Buriyan L. C. Ilya Аleksandrovich Shlyapkin and the research Library // Trudy of the Research Library of the Saratov Research Library. Saratov, 1959, iss. 2. (in Rus.)
Peretz V. N. A Description of the Collection of Manuscripts of Professor I. А. Shlyapkin // Arkheograficheskyi ezhegodnir for 1959. Moscow, 1960. (in Rus.)
Popkova N. А. Ilya Аleksandrovich Shlyapkin // The Library of High School: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: Collection of Articles in the Memory of V. А. Artisevich. Saratov, 2002. (in Rus.)

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