Alexander Shishkov

A portrait from the Military Gallery.

Alexander Semyonovich Shishkov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Семёнович Шишко́в) (March 20 [O.S. March 9] 1754 - April 21 [O.S. April 9] 1841, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian statesman, writer, and admiral.

Shishkov was notorious for his proto-Slavophile sentiments. His aversion to loans from other languages was much ridiculed in the liberal press. He was the President of the Russian Academy and People's Education Minister.^[1] Shishkov published The Trilingual Naval Dictionary, Russia's first dictionary of Russian and foreign naval terms.^[1] He was an influence on the young Sergei Aksakov.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} MARCH 20: THIS DAY IN HISTORY. RIA Novosti, March 20, 2004.

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