Petrov, Peter N.

(1827 - 1891)
Are reviewing the historical acts, materials for Russian history and archeology; devoted to leisure and fiction. Consisted of staff in the "Encyclopedic Dictionary" Russian scientists (edited P.L. Lavrov), in Dictionary of the Berezina and in this Vocabulary, the first of these publications put up 30 articles on art, Russian history, the topography of St. Petersburg and pr. Print historical novels: "Seven freethinkers" ( "Field", 1872), "Balakirev" ( "World Figure", 1881), "Royal Court" ( "Horizon" and separately). He wrote in the World Labor, "" Gazette des Beaux Arts "(" Russian painters retired under Peter the Great ", 1883, No.. 1 - 2;, MN. Vorobyov and his School, 1888, issue. 4, "Essay on the history of sculpture in Russia", 1890, No.. 1); "Flower of the North" ( "Women Artists"), . "Modern Labor" (manner of life of St. Petersburg ", . 1867), . "Northern Lights" (Henkel "100 years of Russian art") and "Illustrations" (1861 - 66), . which put a lot of biographies of Russian Artists (Fedotova, . Briullov and others) and several short stories and essays ( "crook" and others),
. Editor of "Compendium of materials for the history of the Imperial Academy of Arts" in 100 years of its existence. For the "World Pictures" was "Album of Russian folk tales and legends" (St Petersburg, 1875), "Album of the 200-year anniversary of Peter I" (together with S.N. Shubinsky, St. Petersburg, 1872), a biography of Peter the Great (St. Petersburg, 1873) and went unfinished novel Nestor Kukolnik: "John III". Published a pamphlet: "Description of the Monument of the Millennium of Russia" (heard at the opening in 1862, the monument in Novgorod), "Review of the history of mosaics in general and especially in Russia and much more. Very valuable of his book: "For the few. Collected notes on genealogy, heraldry, etc. "(St. Petersburg, 1875)," The history of birth of the Russian nobility "(St. Petersburg, 1886)," History of St. Petersburg (St. Petersburg, 1885), embraces a 1703 -- 1782 years. Recently, P. was working on a "truism index" names Russian figures, published for the historical society, "the Russian Biographical Dictionary" (volume "Compendium" Society 60 th, 1887, 62 th, 1888). P. was a tireless worker, but he had no literary talent, nor the critical ability; value of his work diminished by the fact that he did not like to specify their sources. See. Memoirs P. Field ( "Historical Journal", 1891, May). Um.