“Life is full of hard work alone…”: Alexei Ivanovich Mikhailovsky in the history of Kazan University

Abstract

The article for the first time presents a biography and considers the circumstances of the tragic death of Alexei Ivanovich Mikhailovsky, a lecturer in English and a compiler of the fundamental three-volume reference book “Teachers who studied and served at the Imperial Kazan University (1804–1904)”. Attention is paid to the conditions of Mikhailovsky’s work on a reference book in connection with the preparations for the 100th anniversary of Kazan University. The features of the material published by him as a unique source on the history of the university are revealed.

Keywords

• kazan university
• 100 th anniversary
• teachers
• a. i. mikhailovsky
• biographies
• reference books