Girgas Vladimir Fedorovich

Born in 1836, studied at the 4-th St. Petersburg High School and East of the St. Petersburg University, after graduating in 1858. studied two years of Arabic in Paris, . then was sent to the Muslim East, on his return took the chair of Arabic language and literature at St. Petersburg University, . first as assistant professor (1865 - 73), . and then as an extraordinary and ordinary professor (1873 - 1886), died in Kiev in 1887, Mr.,
. Print: "The rights of Christians in the East under Islamic law" (St. Petersburg, . 1865), "Essay on the grammatical system of the Arabs" (St. Petersburg, . 1873), "Overview of the history of Arabic literature" (St. Petersburg, . 1874), "The Arab reader" (Kazakh, . 1876), "Dictionary of Arabic anthologies and the Koran" (Kazakh, . 1881),
. Translated from the Dutch essay van den Berg: "Basic Principles of Islamic law, according to the teachings of Imam Abu Hanifa and Shafi'i (St. Petersburg, 1882).