Sergey Solovyov

Sergey Solovyov studied at Faculty of History and Philology of Moscow University. Training under Timofey Granovsky is recorded. Nil Popov and Vasily Klyuchevsky are recorded as having studied under Sergey Solovyov. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is history. Employment is recorded with Lomonosov Moscow State University and Alexandrov Military School. Positions recorded include Rector of Moscow State University.

Solovyov studied in the Moscow University under Timofey Granovsky and traveled in Europe as a tutor of Count Stroganov's children until 1844. The following year he joined the staff of the Moscow University, where he rose to the position of dean and then rector (1871–77). He also administrated the Kremlin Armoury and acted as tutor to the future Alexander III of Russia. Solovyov's magnum opus was the History of Russia from the Earliest Times, unprecedented in its scope and depth. From 1851 until his death, he published 29 volumes of this work. Among his other books, the History of Poland's Downfall (1863) and the Public Readings on Peter the Great (1872) were probably the most popular.

His older son Vsevolod Solovyov was a historical novelist. His son Vladimir Solovyov was one of the most influential Russian philosophers. His youngest child, daughter Polyxena Solovyova, was a noted poet and illustrator.