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| Berzhé was born on {{OldStyleDate|9 August|1828|28 July}}{{sfn|Mukhanov}} in the family of the nobleman-French emigrant Peter Berzhé. His mother was a ] from ]. He studied in a private boarding school, then at a Reformed school of the {{ill|Gatchina Orphan Institute|ru|Сиротский институт (Гатчина)}}. In 1847 to 1851 Berzhé studied at the Educational Department of Oriental Languages at the Asian Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (later the Oriental Department of the {{ill|Historical and Philological Faculty of St. Petersburg University|ru|Институт истории СПбГУ}}), from which he graduated as a {{ill|lt=candidate of the university|ru|Кандидат университета}} and had a excellent knowledge of ], ], ] languages, histories, and geography of the ] and ].{{sfn|Kolosov|1987|p=214}} | Berzhé was born on {{OldStyleDate|9 August|1828|28 July}}{{sfn|Mukhanov}} in the family of the nobleman-French emigrant Peter Berzhé. His mother was a ] from ]. He studied in a private boarding school, then at a Reformed school of the {{ill|Gatchina Orphan Institute|ru|Сиротский институт (Гатчина)}}. In 1847 to 1851 Berzhé studied at the Educational Department of Oriental Languages at the Asian Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (later the Oriental Department of the {{ill|Historical and Philological Faculty of St. Petersburg University|ru|Институт истории СПбГУ}}), from which he graduated as a {{ill|lt=candidate of the university|ru|Кандидат университета}} and had a excellent knowledge of ], ], ] languages, histories, and geography of the ] and ].{{sfn|Kolosov|1987|p=214}} | ||
| After graduating from the university, Berzhé entered the ] of ] governed then by ]. In 1852, Berzhé accompanied the expedition of {{ill|Aleksandr Meyendorff|ru|Мейендорф, Александр Казимирович}}, the materials of which was used for his work ''Caspian Region''. In 1853–1855 Berzhé visited ] twice as a diplomat and was tasked with preventing a rapprochement between Iran and ] during the ]. In Iran, he further improved his knowledge of the ], became acquaintanced with Iranian scientists, acquired rare books and manuscripts, |
After graduating from the university, Berzhé entered the ] of ] governed then by ]. In 1852, Berzhé accompanied the expedition of {{ill|Aleksandr Meyendorff|ru|Мейендорф, Александр Казимирович}}, the materials of which was used for his work ''Caspian Region''. In 1853–1855 Berzhé visited ] twice as a diplomat and was tasked with preventing a rapprochement between Iran and ] during the ]. In Iran, he further improved his knowledge of the ], became acquaintanced with Iranian scientists, acquired rare books and manuscripts, wrote travel notes, and collected materials for stories that could've interested Russian readers. During this time, Berzhé also published his first works.{{sfn|Kolosov|1987|p=214}} | ||
| In {{OldStyleDate|5 November|1854|24 October}},{{sfn|Georgiev}} Mikhail Vorontsov, who was known as the patron of trade, industry and education in the Caucasus, resigned and ] replaced him as the viceroy of Caucasus. This change was met by the young Berzhé with a depressing impression as can attested by his memoirs. Berzhé's notable responsibility assigned by Muravyov was the compilation of a dictionary that would allow about 1 500 the most commonly used Russian words to be pronounced in any ]. However, the implementation of this plan was not carried out, and its inconsistency was noted by the famous linguist ] and Berzhé himself from the very beginning. In 1855, on behalf of Nikolay Muravyov, Berzhé visited again Iran. While there, he wrote a correspondence to the newspaper ''{{ill|Caucasus|ru|Кавказ (газета)}}'' containing information about the recent events in Iran like the Persian Campaign in ] or the ] uprising in ] in 1850–1852.{{sfn|Kolosov|1987|p=215}} | |||
| == Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Pyetrovich and the family name is Berzhé.| Adolf Berzhé | |
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| Адольф Берже́ | |
 Portrait, 1886. | |
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| Born | (1828-08-09)9 August 1828 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
| Died | 12 February 1886(1886-02-12) (aged 57) Tiflis, Russian Empire |
| Alma mater | Eastern Faculty of St. Petersburg State University [ru] |
| Known for | Chairman of the Caucasian Archaeographic Commission, Compiler of Acts of the Caucasian Archaeographic Commission [ru] |
| Father | Pyetr Berzhé |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | history, orientalist, caucasology, archeography |
Adolph Bergé or Adolf Pyetrovich Berzhé (Russian: Адольф Петрович Берже, IPA: [ɐdəlʲf pʲɪtrəvʲɪd͡ʑ bʲɪrˈʐɛ]; 9 August [O.S. 28 July] 1828 – 12 February [O.S. 31 January] 1886) was an Imperial Russian bureaucrat and an Orientalist historian, with principal interests in the history and culture of the South Caucasus. He was also an archeographer and archaeologist, and served as the chairman of the Caucasian branch of the Archaeographic Commission from 1864 to 1886.
A St. Petersburg native, Bergé's father was from France and his mother was from Germany. Trained in the Oriental studies at St. Petersburg University, Bergé was dispatched to the chancellery of the Viceroy of the Caucasus Prince Mikhail Vorontsov in 1851. He made two scholarly trips to Persia in 1853 and 1855. From 1864 to his death Bergé chaired the Tiflis-based Caucasian Archaeographical Commission. He died at Tiflis in 1886, leaving behind a number of works pertaining to the history of the Caucasus and Middle East, including the monumental 11-volume collection of archival documents "Acts, collected by the Archaeographical Commission at the Directorate of the Viceroy of the Caucasus" (Акты, собранные Кавказскою Археографическою коммиссиею; Tiflis, 1866–1886), the last volume of which appeared in print after Bergé's death.
Background
Berzhé was born on 9 August [O.S. 28 July] 1828 in the family of the nobleman-French emigrant Peter Berzhé. His mother was a German from Mecklenburg. He studied in a private boarding school, then at a Reformed school of the Gatchina Orphan Institute [ru]. In 1847 to 1851 Berzhé studied at the Educational Department of Oriental Languages at the Asian Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (later the Oriental Department of the Historical and Philological Faculty of St. Petersburg University [ru]), from which he graduated as a candidate of the university and had a excellent knowledge of Arabic, Persian, Turkish languages, histories, and geography of the Orient and Russian history.
After graduating from the university, Berzhé entered the chancery of Caucasus Viceroyalty governed then by Mikhail Vorontsov. In 1852, Berzhé accompanied the expedition of Aleksandr Meyendorff [ru], the materials of which was used for his work Caspian Region. In 1853–1855 Berzhé visited Qajar Iran twice as a diplomat and was tasked with preventing a rapprochement between Iran and Ottoman Empire during the Crimean War. In Iran, he further improved his knowledge of the Persian language, became acquaintanced with Iranian scientists, acquired rare books and manuscripts, wrote travel notes, and collected materials for stories that could've interested Russian readers. During this time, Berzhé also published his first works.
In 5 November [O.S. 24 October] 1854, Mikhail Vorontsov, who was known as the patron of trade, industry and education in the Caucasus, resigned and Nikolay Muravyov replaced him as the viceroy of Caucasus. This change was met by the young Berzhé with a depressing impression as can attested by his memoirs. Berzhé's notable responsibility assigned by Muravyov was the compilation of a dictionary that would allow about 1 500 the most commonly used Russian words to be pronounced in any Caucasian language. However, the implementation of this plan was not carried out, and its inconsistency was noted by the famous linguist Pyotr Uslar and Berzhé himself from the very beginning. In 1855, on behalf of Nikolay Muravyov, Berzhé visited again Iran. While there, he wrote a correspondence to the newspaper Caucasus containing information about the recent events in Iran like the Persian Campaign in Khiva or the Babid uprising in Zanjan in 1850–1852.
Notes
- O.S. 28 July.
- O.S. 31 January.
- Pre-reform orthography: Адольфъ Петровичъ Берже́.
References
- ^ Mukhanov.
- ^ Jersild, Austin (2002), Orientalism and Empire: North Caucasus Mountain Peoples and the Georgian Frontier, 1845-1917, p. 67. McGill-Queen's University Press, ISBN 0-7735-2329-4
- Адольф Петрович Берже. Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. rulex.ru. Accessed July 24, 2012.
- ^ Kolosov 1987, p. 214.
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- Kolosov 1987, p. 215.
Sources
- Kolosov, L. N. (1987). "А. П. Берже: Материалы к научной биографии" [A. P. Berge: Materials for a scientific biography]. In Nechkina, Militsa (ed.). История и историки: Историографический ежегодник. 1982—1983 гг. [History and historians: Historiographic Yearbook. 1982–1983] (PDF) (in Russian). Moscow: Nauka. pp. 213–224.
- Mukhanov, Vadim. "БЕРЖЕ́ АДОЛЬФ ПЕТРОВИЧ" [BERZHÉ ADOLF PYETROVICH]. Great Russian Encyclopedia (in Russian).
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