Open AccessMstislav V. Shakhmatov, Historian of Law
Author(s) -
Sergey I. Mikhalchenko,
Elena Tkachenko
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
istoriâ gosudarstva i prava
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1812-3805
DOI - 10.18572/1812-3805-2021-1-36-44
Subject(s) - saint petersburg , state (computer science) , biography , period (music) , russian federation , politics , saint , law , history , russian history , classics , political science , ancient history , sociology , art history , art , algorithm , regional science , computer science , aesthetics
The article is dedicated to the life and work of Historian of Law Mstislav V. Shakhmatov (1888 to 1943). Shakhmatov was mostly engaged in history of legal and political doctrines of the period before Peter the Great. His concept of the ‘state of truth’ in Ancient Rus is especially famous. However, his biography remains absolutely unknown. The article restores previously unknown peculiarities of the Shakhmatov’s studies at the Saint Petersburg University and his further work in state authorities during the prerevolutionary period, his life in exile in Czechoslovakia: teaching at the Russian Law Faculty in Prague, articles and monograph preparation, thesis defense. The sources of the article are for the most part nonpublished files from the archives of Russia (the State Archive of the Russian Federation, the Russian State Historical Archive, the Saint Petersburg Central State Historical Archive), Germany, Slovenia, Czechia.