PEKARSKY, Pyotr Petrovich

PEKARSKY, Pyotr Petrovich [19.5.1827, Seltso Otrada of Ufa Uyezd of Ufa Gub., now within the limits of Ufa, — 12.7.1872, Pavlovsk], a historian, bibliographer. Academician of the Imperial Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg (1868), Dr.Sci (Russian History,1872). Actual State Counsellor. Graduated from Ufa Men’s Gymnasium, Kazan University (1847). Since April 1848, he served at the Administration of Orenburg Gub. (Ufa), since October — in the Samara Branch Office, since 1851 — in the Ministry of Finance, since 1862 — in the State Archive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (both — in St. Petersburg). Scientific studies are dedicated to the history of science, literature and education of Russia of the 18th century. He was the first to introduce P.I.Rychkov’s materials into the scientific circles. Laureate of the Demidov Award of the Academy of Sciences (1861).