Astafjevs Nikolai

(1825 - 1906). He graduated from the course at St. Petersburg University, where he was primarily a history of ancient Greece, under the leadership of Professor ms. Kutorga. In 1850, protecting the remaining not published thesis: "The rule of four in Athens, received a Master of World History. In 1856 he was appointed assistant professor in the department of General History at St. Petersburg University and in 1864 approved a staff assistant professor, but next year left the University. In 1863 A. became one of the founders of the Society for the dissemination of CB. Scripture in Russia and in 1869 was elected chairman of its. With the discovery in 1867 in St. Petersburg Institute of History and Philology, A. It was in the Department of World History. Print: "The Macedonian hegemony and its followers" (St. Petersburg, 1856), "The experience of the history of the Bible in Russia" ( "Journal of the Ministry of Education, 1888. Separately, St. Petersburg., 1889 and 1892), "Society for the dissemination of CB. Scripture in Russia, 1863 - 93 "(St. Petersburg, 1895) and a number of pamphlets of religious and moral content.