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Friedrich von Adelung
Friedrich von Adelung (February 25, 1768 – January 30, 1843) was a German-Russian linguist, historian and bibliographer. His best known works are in the fields of bibliography of Sanskrit language and the European accounts of the Time of Troubles in Russia.
Biography.
A nephew of historian Johann Christoph Adelung, Friedrich von Adelung was born in Stettin. He graduated from Leipzig University, traveled across Europe and settled in Saint Petersburg in 1794. After a brief state service in Mitau (1795–1797
into Russian in 1873 by A. N. Shemiakin, as "Puteshestvie v Moskoviiu barona Augstiona Maierberga".
The first publication of actual facsimiles of the drawings (in black and white) was edited by A. S. Suvorina (1903).
References.
- Friedrich Adelung, "Augustin Freiherr von Meyerberg und seine Reise nach Russland Nebst Einer Von Ihm auf dieser Reise veranstalteten Sammlung von Ansichten, Gebräuchen, Bildnissen u.s.w.", St. Petersburg, 1827 (digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de).
- Friedrich Adelung, "Sammlung Von