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The presented dissertation (doctoral thesis) is devoted to the life and creative heritage of the Russian philologist of the first half of the 20th century A.D. Grigorjev (1874-1945). The subject of examination contains for the very first time the emigration period (1922-1945) of his life and works. His intellectual legacy, kept in the archive of the Czech Academy of Sciences and not generally known to the public, involves not only published books but handwritten studies either. This is the first coherent scientific biography of A.D. Grigorjev revealing changes of the scholar's interests and study impulses, showing the development of his methodological stands and the value of his research, and at the same time it puts his scientific activities in the broader context of life events. The segmentation and the structure of the dissertation are required by wide range of disciplines A.D. Grigorjev was interested in in the course of his life in the areas of Central and Eastern Europe and Siberia. The first chapter, dealing with his life and scientific doings before emigration, starts with a short description of his origin and high school (grammar school) education (1.1.). Introduction to his Moscow's period, involving the main three fields of his scientific research: medievalism (1.2.1.), folklore (1.2.2.)... |
