a { text-decoration: none !important; text-align: right; } Veselovsky, Nikolai, Веселовский, Николай; Veselovskij, Nikolaj, Nikolai Veselovsky, Internet Encyclopedia of Ukraine, Інтернетова Енциклопедія України (ІЕУ), Ukraine, Ukraina, Україна"> Veselovsky, Nikolai
Skip Navigation

Veselovsky, Nikolai

Image - Nikolai Veselovsky

Veselovsky, Nikolai [Веселовский, Николай; Veselovskij, Nikolaj], b November 1848 in Moscow, d 12 April 1918 in Saint Petersburg. Russian archeologist. He graduated from Saint Petersburg University (1873) and taught there from 1890. Although a specialist in Oriental studies, he made some valuable archeological finds in southern Ukraine, particularly the Solokha kurhan and Kamiana Mohyla. He posited that the numerous stone baby in the region were Turkic in origin.

[This article originally appeared in the Encyclopedia of Ukraine, vol. 5 (1993).]



List of related links from Encyclopedia of Ukraine pointing to Veselovsky, Nikolai entry:


A referral to this page is found in 4 entries.
















Click Home to get to the IEU Home page; to contact the IEU editors click Contact.
To learn more about IEU click About IEU and to view the list of donors and to become an IEU supporter click Donors.



©2001 All Rights Reserved. Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies.