Aleksej Jelačić
Aleksej Jelačić (Russian: Алексей Елачич; Serbian Cyrillic: Алексеј Јелачић, also sometimes written Aleksije; January 10, 1892 – October 24, 1941) was a Serbian historian.
Jelačić was born in Kiev to a family of South Slavic descent; reportedly his ancestors moved to Russia in the 18th century from the Habsburg Empire.
He became a senior lecturer at the Saint Vladimir University in Kiev. He emigrated to Yugoslavia in 1920 and earned his doctor of philosophy from the University of Ljubljana in 1924. He then became a professor at the University in Skopje.
Jelačić authored research on historical and literary themes including protopope Avvakum, Dostoevsky, the history of Russia, Russian revolution, and history of Czechoslovakia, Poland, and other Slavic countries.
He died in Belgrade in 1941.
Books
- Russian revolution and its origin. - Zagreb 1925.
- History of Russia. - Belgradе 1929.
- Czechoslovak history. - Belgradе 1930.
- On rotten. - Skopje 1933.
- History of Poland. - Skopje 1933.
- Russian social thought of the 19th century. - Belgradе 1934.
- Modern Czechoslovakia. - Skopje 1938.
- Russia and the Balkans. Belgradе 1940.