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Mihail HalanskijLiterary historian and folklorist
Date of Birth: 13.11.1857
Country:  Russia |
Content:
- Early Life and Education
- Teaching Career
- Academic Achievements
- Scholarly Contributions
- "On Serbian Folk Songs of the Kosovo Cycle"
- "Y.P. Polonsky in His Poetry" (Kharkiv, 1900)
- Legacy
Early Life and Education
Mikhail Georgievich Khalansky was born in 1857. He received his education at the Belgorod Seminary and the Faculty of History and Philology at Kharkiv University.
Teaching Career
From 1883 to 1891, Khalansky taught Russian language and literature at various gymnasiums in Belgorod and Kharkiv.
Academic Achievements
In 1888, Khalansky earned a Master's degree in Russian literature from St. Petersburg University. In 1891, following the death of A.A. Potebnya, he was appointed to the Chair of Russian Language and Literature at Kharkiv University.
Scholarly Contributions
Khalansky made significant contributions to the fields of literature history and folklore. Some of his notable works include:
"Features of the Vernacular in Shchigrovsky Uyezd, Kursk Governorate, with an Appendix of Folk Songs"
"On Serbian Folk Songs of the Kosovo Cycle"
"Great Russian Byliny of the Kyiv Cycle" (Master's thesis, Warsaw, 1886)
"South Slavic Tales of King Marko in Relation to the Russian Epic" (Warsaw, 1893-1896)
"On the Influence of V.L. Pushkin on the Poetic Creativity of A.S. Pushkin" (Kharkiv, 1900)
"Y.P. Polonsky in His Poetry" (Kharkiv, 1900)
"The Byliny of Zhid" (Warsaw, 1890)"On the Article in the Russian Language" (St. Petersburg, 1901)
"Excursion into the Field of Ancient Manuscripts and Early Printed Editions" (Kharkiv, 1900-1902)
"On Certain Geographical Names in the Russian and South Slavic Epic" ("Russian Philological Bulletin", 1901)
Legacy
In his research on the Russian epic, Khalansky argued for the northern Russian origin of byliny. His views on specific aspects of the epic are discussed in articles on heroes, byliny, and individual heroes.
