STORY Pavel

(27.7 (7.8) .1796 - 5 (17) .1.1876)

Russian historian and archaeographer member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences (1849). In 1813-16 he studied at Moscow University. In 1814 published a training 'brief Russia's history in favor of Russia's youth', for its time very satisfactory textbook, to hold on appeal to 30-ies. 19. At the same time began to publish in the journal 'Son of the Fatherland' articles on Russian history. Articles Stroeva in "Son of the Fatherland" 1814 and 1815. (mainly on the necessity of preparing the right pedigrees reigning Russian princes, with an indication of the difficulties of such work) attracted the attention of Chancellor Count NP. Rumyantsev, and in 1815, Mr.. Stroyev, not finished his studies, enlisted in the archives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs chief inspector of the Commission of printing government charters and treaties, where he participated in the 'Assembly of the state charters and treaties ". 1816 - 1826 he. - Time of Stroeva in so-called circle of Count Rumyantsev. In 1817-18, together with K. F. Kalaidovich traveled to monasteries in the Moscow province and studied their archives.

As a result of this trip were found Izbornik 1073, the work of Metropolitan Hilarion, Cyril of Turov, Sudebnik Ivan III. In these years Stroyev publishes detailed description of the Slavo-Russian manuscripts, . stored in the library Volokolamsky Monastery "- the first time an academic description of the manuscripts in the Russian literature," Laws of the Grand Duke John Vasiljeviд? and his grandson King John Tall "(1819)," Sophia Annals "(1820 - 1822), . in the preface to that first proposed valuable in the development of Russian historical science, the idea, . that record is collected, . rather than whole works of a feather In 1823 he was elected a member of the Moscow Society of Russian History and Antiquities,
. The initiative began in 1828 Stroyev activities archaeological expeditions from 1834 - Archaeography Commission. In 1829-34 Stroyev examined archives in the North. areas of Russia and then in the Volga, Moscow, Vyatka and Perm province. Were collected about 3000 acts of 14-18 cc. and many others. sources. Pointers Stroyev to complete collection of Russian chronicles and his descriptions of hand-written assembly has not yet lost their scientific value. Publisher monuments, careful descriptor manuscripts, Stroyev had major service Russian historiography, and in many ways led to its success in the half of the XIX century.

Huge number of fresh and valuable material, introduced into circulation drill, updated the Russian science and gave historians an opportunity to more fully explore and versatility of our past. This relationship is based is the link between the major work on Russian history, . appeared in the XIX century - works by Karamzin and Solovyov: the point of view of later historians, the foundation of his works were Stroyev and he collected documents,