Kerope Petrovich Patkanov (Patkanjan) (1833–1889) was an Armenian

Armenians

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 scientist-orientalist, professor of Saint Petersburg University

Saint Petersburg State University

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; in 1863 he obtained the master degree for his eastern literature study ("The History of Sassanid Dynasty according to Armenian Sources"); in 1864 he obtained the doctor degree in literature for "The Study of the Composition in the Armenian language

Armenian language

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Publications

• «Catalogique de la litterature armenienne depuis le commencement du V jusqu'a XVI siècle» (St.Petersburg, 1859);
• The first Russian translation of Movses Kagankatvatsi, the Armenian writer of the 10th century,- "The History of Aluank",- with scientific notes and research (St. Petersburg, 1861)
• "Several Words About the Adverbs of Transcaucasian Gipsies" (1886)
• For the "Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
  Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
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  " (1861–1863) he penned a number of articles on geography and history.

Literature

• N. O. Emin, "Professor Patkanov as Orientalist" (Saint Petersburg, 1874); Obituary in "The Historical Herald" (1889, № 6).