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{{Infobox scientist<br />
| native_name = Пётр Бессонов<br />
| native_name_lang = ru<br />
| image = Пётр Алексеевич Бессонов.jpg<br />
| image_size = 180px<br />
| caption = <small>Pyotr Alexeyevich Bessonov</small><br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1827|06|16}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Moscow]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1898|03|06|1827|06|16}}<br />
| death_place = [[Kharkiv]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Imperial Moscow University|Imperial Moscow University (1851)]]<br />
| education = [[Doctor of Science]] <small>(1878)</small><br />
| field = [[Philology]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Pyotr Alexeyevich Bessonov''' or (in the pre-1917 spelling) '''Bezsonov''' (Пётр Алексе́евич Бессо́нов; 1828–1898) was a leading [[Russian people|Russian]] [[folklore|folklorist]] who collected and published many East Slavic and South Slavic [[folk song]]s.<br />
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The son of a priest, Bessonov was born in [[Moscow]]. He graduated at [[Moscow State University|Moscow University]] in 1851. After five years of graduate work in ancient and modern languages, he earned the government printing commission. From 1864 to 1867 he was [[Management|supervisor]] of the [[Museum of Antiquities in Vilnius|Vilna Museum and Public Library]], besides serving as director of [[education]] in the same city. For the two following years he was [[librarian]] at Moscow University.<br />
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Having received an honorary doctor's diploma in Slavonic [[philology]] from [[Kazan State University|Kazan University]], he became [[professor]] of Slavic languages at the [[Kharkiv University|University of Kharkov]] in 1879, remaining in the position till his death. He published:<br />
* ''Bolgarskiya Pyesni'' (1855), the first great collection of Bulgarian folk songs; <br />
* a collection of Serbian folk songs, under the title ''Lazarica'' (1857); <br />
* [[Pyotr Kireevsky]]'s collections of Russian songs (1861–71); <br />
* a number of treatises on the Bulgarian, Serbian, and Russian languages and literatures.<br />
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==References==<br />
* {{NIE}}<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
* {{cite book| title =Imperial Moscow University: 1755-1917: encyclopedic dictionary | via = A. Andreev, D. Tsygankov |location= Moscow |year= 2010 |publisher= Russian political encyclopedia (ROSSPEN) | pages =65–66 | isbn = 978-5-8243-1429-8| ref =Imperial Moscow University}}<br />
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[[Category:Philologists from the Russian Empire]]<br />
[[Category:Folklorists from the Russian Empire]]<br />
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