Alexander Afanasyev

Also known as Aleksandr Afanasyev, A. N. Afanasief, Alexander Afanasief, Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev

Russian folklorist, collector of folk tales (1826-1871)

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Born: ( 1826-07-23 ) 23 July 1826, Boguchar , Voronezh Governorate , Russian Empire
Died: 5 October 1871 (1871-10-05) (aged 45), Moscow, Russian Empire
Occupation: Slavist , folklorist , literary critic , historian, journalist
Alma mater: Imperial Moscow University (1848)
Notable works: Russian Fairy Tales , Poetic Views of the Slavs on Nature

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Instance of: human
Given name: Aleksandr
Gender: male
Citizenship: Russian Empire
Place of birth: Boguchar
Place of death: Moscow
Educated at: medical school
Languages spoken: Russian
Field of work: literary criticism
Image: Afanasev.jpg

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name in native language: Александр Афанасьев
writing language: Russian
Commons category: Aleksandr Afanasyev
date of birth: 1826-07-11
date of death: 1871-09-23
cause of death: tuberculosis
manner of death: natural causes
place of burial: Pyatnitskoye cemetery
ethnic group: Russians
civil rank: Court councillor

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Encyclopedic overview

Alexander Nikolayevich Afanasyev (Russian: Александр Николаевич Афанасьев; 23 July [O.S. 11 July] 1826 – 5 October [O.S. 23 September] 1871) was a Russian Slavist and ethnographer best known for publishing nearly 600 East Slavic and Russian fairy and folk tales, one of the largest collections of folklore in the world. This collection was not restricted to Great Russia, but included folk tales from what are now Ukraine and Belarus as well. The first edition of his collection was published in eight volumes from 1855 to 1867, earning him the reputation of being the Russian counterpart to the Brothers Grimm.

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