Yakov Karlovich Grot, R Яков Карлович Грот (1812-1893), was a nineteenth-century Russian philologist of Swedish extraction who worked at the University of Helsingfors. Helsinki (pronounced with the stress on the first syllable in Finnish — think Helsin Ki), or Helsingfors in Swedish, is the capital of Finland. ...

In his lifetime he gained fame for his translations of German and Scandinavian poetry, his work on the theory of Russian orthography, lexicography, and grammar, and his approach to literary editing and criticism, exemplified in a full edition of the works of Derzhavin (1864-83). His Russkoe Pravopisanie (1878, 1885) (Russian: Русское правописание) became the standard textbook of Russian spelling and punctuation until superseded by the decrees of 1917-1918, although his definition of the theoretical foundations remains little changed to this day. Shortly before his death, he assumed the compilation of Academic dictionary of Russian (1891-1923), which, although continued by Shakhmatov, was never to be completed. He was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences from 1858, its chairman from 1884, and its vice-president from 1889. He was appointed Russian-language tutor to the future tsars Alexander II and Alexander III. Note: This page contains phonetic information presented in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) using Unicode. ... Gavrila Romanovich Derzhavin (Гаврила Романович Державин, 1743 – 1816) was the greatest Russian poet before Alexander Pushkin. ... Russian Academy of Sciences: main building Russian Academy of Sciences (Росси́йская Акаде́мия Нау́к) is the national academy of Russia. ... A number of historical people were named Alexander II: Alexander II of Epirus, King of Epirus 272 B.C. Pope Alexander II, Pope from 1061 to 1073 Alexander II of Scotland (1198-1249), King of Scotland Alexander II of Russia (1818_1881), Emperor of Russia This is a disambiguation page — a... Alexander III may refer to any of the following; Alexander III (emperor), Byzantine emperor (912-913) Pope Alexander III pope from 1159 to 1181 Alexander III of Russia (1845-1894), emperor of Russia Alexander III of Scotland (1241-1285), king of Scotland Alexander III of Macedon - Alexander the Great This...