Dmitry Ilovaysky

Dmitry Ivanovich Ilovaysky (Russian: Дми́трий Ива́нович Илова́йский; February 11/23, 1832, Ranenburg^[1] - February 15, 1920^[2]) was an anti-Normanist conservative Russian historian who penned a number of standard history textbooks.

Ilovaysky graduated from the Moscow University in 1854^[3] and first attracted critical attention with his thesis on the Principality of Ryazan in 1858. He was wounded during the Siege of Plevna, in which he took an active part.

In the 1870s, Ilovaysky started publishing his extensive overview of Russian history. In his later writings, he expounded a controversial hypothesis of Azov Rus, which was alleged to have been centered on Sarkel and Tmutarakan.

Ilovaysky was the father-in-law of Ivan Tsvetaev, who founded the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.

References

1. Chekurin, L. V. (2002). Русский историк Д.И. Иловайский: опыт биобиблиографического исследования (in Russian). Рязанский заочный ин-т Московского гос. университета культуры и искусств. p. 13. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
2. Волков, Владимир (15 May 2022). Русская история. Избранные труды (in Russian). Litres. p. 254. ISBN 978-5-04-433831-9. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
3. Каталог личных архивных фондов отечественных историков. Выпуск 3. Вторая половина XIX – начало XX века. Часть 3. И-Л (in Russian). Litres. 15 May 2022. p. 56. ISBN 978-5-04-376534-5. Retrieved 15 February 2024.