From the history of professor's corporation in Taurida university: A.N. Derevitskiy

Biographical studies are of great importance for historical science. In the case of local history, they allow to reveal not only the research trends that are typical of the epoch, but also the social structure of scientific communities and social relationships between researchers. The subject matter of this study is a biography of great scientist - philologist-classic Derevitskiy Alexei Nikolaevich (1859-1943). He made important contributions to the development of higher education in the Crimea in 1918-1920. In this research we used extensive body of bibliographic and archival source, which were founded in archives of St. Petersburg, Kiev, and Odessa. Interesting materials for the study were submitted to the Museum of the V.I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University history in 2016. A.N. Derevitskiy belonged to the historical and literary, cultural and historical trend in Russian classical philology. He studied Greek history and philology, problems of ethnic, philosophical and religious ideas in the ancient world, the history of ancient and early Christian art and literature. Scientist held important positions in the Ministry of Education - he was the rector of the Novorossisk University. During the Revolution of 1905, he was appointed a trustee of the Kazan educational district, after 6 years, he was appointed a trustee of the Kiev educational district. He was a fighter against the revolutionary-democratic movements. A.N. Derevitskiy retired in 1917 and moved to the Crimea. In Crimea, the scientist worked as a professor at Pedagogical Institute until 1934. This study is important for recovery of history of the V. I. Vernadsky Crimean Federal University. A. N. Derevitskiy was at the forefront of creating unique collections of the Eastern Museum in Yalta. Scientist saved from destruction and export abroad unique items that have become museum items.

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