Osip Bodyansky

Osip Bodyansky studied at Philological Faculty of Moscow State University. Training under Pavel Yakovlevich Petrov is recorded. Alexander Hilferding, Marin Drinov and Aleksandr Kotlyarevsky are recorded as having studied under Osip Bodyansky. The recorded working language is Russian and Ukrainian. The field of work recorded is philology and Slavic studies. Residence is recorded at Russian Empire. Employment is recorded with Lomonosov Moscow State University.

• Born — 31 October 1808 • Birthplace — Varva, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire • Died — 6 September 1877 • Place of death — Moscow, Russian Empire • Field — Philology, history • Workplaces — Imperial Moscow University • Alma Mater — Imperial Moscow University (1834) • Education — Doctor of Science (1855) Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences • Thesis Title — On the time of origin of the Slavonic script

Bodyansky was born in the old Ruthenian town of Varva in Poltava Governorate (today Chernihiv Oblast) and later the Pereyaslav Seminary. He, as a student in Moscow, entered Stankevich's circle of intellectuals. After getting his master's degree, he was at work rummaging obscure libraries and archives of Little Russia. Such activities brought to light a splattering of important documents, such as the illustrated Peresopnytsia Gospel and the History of Ruthenians or Little Russia which is considered controversial in Russia. Bodyansky's publication of Giles Fletcher's sketch of Muscovy was deemed an act of Russophobia and incurred the displeasure of Tsar Nicholas I, leading to the scholar's departure from Moscow to Kazan. In his 30s, Bodyansky travelled in the Slavic countries on behalf of the Russian government, in order to study their languages, literature, and societies. Having for long moved in Slavophile and Pan-Slavist circles, he spent some time working in Prague with Šafárik. Upon his return he became professor in Moscow, where he died in 1878. His tomb is in the Novodevichy Convent. Bodyansky was one of the first serious scholars of the Ukrainian language and wrote some amateur poetry in his native tongue. His master's dissertation involved a comparison of Ukrainian and Russian folks songs. Bodyansky's chief work was editing the Treatises of the Moscow Society for Russian History and Antiquities (1846–49 and 1858–78). Of his own works, notable are On the Folk Poetry of the Slavic Tribes (1837) and On the Time of Origin of the Slavic Script (1855).

• Illustration — Cover page of "Ukrainian Fairy Tales" published by Bodiansky in Moscow in Ukrainian language using Russian orthography (alphabet)

He also worked under the name Is'ka Matyrynky. The authorities additionally record the heading Osip Maksimovich Bodyansky. His recorded languages were Russian and Ukrainian.

Osip Bodyansky worked in philology and Slavic studies. He was employed by Lomonosov Moscow State University. He belonged to Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences, Society of Serbian Letters and Serbian Learned Society. He worked at Russian Empire.

Osip Bodyansky is recorded as poet, historian, translator, writer and philologist.