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Sumtsov was a champion and defender of the culture and language of Ukraine in both academic and popular realms, and contributed to a systematic history of Ukrainian literature. He delivered the first Ukrainian-language university lecture during a decades-long imperial ban, and established the H.S.
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In 1902, the 12th Archaeological Congress was held from August 15 to 27 in Kharkiv, organised by the Kharkiv Historical and Philological Society, chaired by Mykola Sumtsov. At the congress he organised an ethnographic exhibition consisting of impressive 26 sections and 1,490 artefacts. That
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He studied at the 2nd Kharkiv Boys Gymnasium (high school), which he graduated with silver medal. The native Russian-speaker learned French and German in the gymnasium, and taught himself Ukrainian. Afterwards, he graduated History and Philology Faculty at
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Mykola Sumtsov wrote extensively. The bibliography of his known works contains 1,544 entries. His writings mainly concern two areas of science: ethnography and literature. In addition to the local periodicals, his works were also published in
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One of the most notable of Mykola Sumtsov's activities in support of the Ukrainian national movement was his public lecture in Ukrainian on 28 September 1907, when the ban on using Ukrainian in Ukraine had not yet been lifted.
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On the Influence of Malorussian Scholastic Literature of the Seventeenth Century at the Great-Russian Old Believers Literature of the Eighteenth Century, and on the Reflection of Masonry
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One of the last projects undertaken by Mykola Sumtsov in 1920 to 1922 was overseeing gathering information on the local kobzars and their songs for the
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Sumtsov's numerous literary publications include a range of articles dedicated to writings of renowned poets and writers, including
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as well as folk medicine. It was Anna Ivanovna, who inspired and supported his interest in folklore and traditions.
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Vetukhova, V. 2017, “Karazin University History: the Russian Empire’s First University Lecture in Ukrainian”,
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In 1917, Mykola Sumtsov, along with other members of Special Committee of
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Board, signed an appeal to the government asking to allow free use of
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Ethnographic Museum, with Sumtsov as first curator from 1905 to 1918.
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On the history of literature in Southern Russia of the 17th century
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Mykola Sumtsov was born into a noble family, descendants of
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On the Bibliography of Old Malorussian Religious Tales.
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Skovoroda Museum of Sloboda Ukraine (in 2015, renamed
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An Essay on the History of the Witchcraft in Europe.
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(in Rus.) 529:Historical and Philological Society, president 522:Historical and Philological Society, secretary 427:Slobozhane: Istorychno-Etnohrafichna Rozvidka 8: 251:, he dedicated his introductory lecture to 29: 18: 187:and museum expert, who flourished in the 669:Odarchenko, P. 1993, “Sumtsov, Mykola”, 16:Ukrainian art historian and ethnographer 740:Nikolai Sumtsov: Narodnyi Byt i Obriady 702:Nikolai Sumtsov: Narodnyi Byt i Obriady 655:Nikolai Sumtsov: Narodnyi Byt i Obriady 646: 453:(See: Prince Odoyevsky. Moscow, 1884), 321:M. F. Sumtsov Kharkiv Historical Museum 262:In 1880, he defended his Master thesis 205:M. F. Sumtsov Kharkiv Historical Museum 817:National University of Kharkiv alumni 604:Contemporary Malorussian Ethnography. 592:Research on Koliadki and Shchedrivki. 570:On the Wedding Rites, Mainly Russian. 293:awarded Mykola Sumtsov a gold medal. 7: 682: 680: 665: 663: 278:exhibition became the foundation of 264:On the Wedding Rites, Mainly Russian 624:Kharkiv University, 1896. (in Rus.) 572:Kharkiv University, 1881. (in Rus.) 14: 738:Kaplin, A. 2014, “Predislovie” , 700:Kaplin, A. 2014, “Predislovie” , 653:Kaplin, A. 2014, “Predislovie” , 548:All-Ukrainian Academy of Sciences 714:Mandebura, Olesia (2003-05-13). 672:Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine 266:. In 1885 Sumtsov was awarded a 827:Writers from the Russian Empire 768:Kukharenko, S. 2010, “Reviews” 1: 598:Raven in the Folk Literature. 541:Shevchenko Scientific Society 76:, Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine) 57:, Russian Empire (now Russia) 586:Khleb v obriadakh i pesniakh 481:, Ioanikii Galiatovsky, and 377:Khleb v Obriadakh i Pesniakh 291:Russian Geographical Society 272:Khleb v Obriadakh i Pesniakh 534:Russian Academy of Sciences 247:. Supported by his mentor, 193:Ukrainian People's Republic 133:Nikolai Fyodorovich Sumtsov 843: 606:Kiev, 1893–1897. (in Rus.) 140: 128: 121:Mykola Fedorovych Sumtsov 28: 141:Николай Фёдорович Сумцов 600:Moscow, 1890. (in Rus.) 582:Moscow, 1884. (in Rus.) 360:academic publications. 129:Микола Федорович Сумцов 822:Ukrainian academicians 634:Ocherki narodnogo byta 536:, corresponding member 421:Ocherki Narodnogo Byta 336: 594:Kiev, 1886. 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Portrait of Sumtsov at his desk
Saint Petersburg
Kharkiv
Ukrainian
Russian
Saint Petersburg
Russian Empire
Kharkiv
Ukrainian SSR
USSR
ethnographer
folklorist
art historian
literary scholar
educator
Russian Empire
Ukrainian People's Republic
Soviet Ukraine
M. F. Sumtsov Kharkiv Historical Museum
Cossacks
St. Petersburg
Sloboda Ukraine
Kharkiv University
Heidelberg University
Germany
Russian Literature
Alexander Potebnja
Ukrainian duma
PhD degree
Kharkiv University

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