Peter Yevgrafovich Kovalevsky

Background

Peter Kovalevsky was born on December 12, 1901 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation. He was born in a noble family. The son of Evgraf Petrovich Kovalevsky, the brother of Evgraf Evgrafovich Kovalevsky and Maxim Evgrafovich Kovalevsky.

Education

Peter Yevgrafovich graduated from the school at the Reformed Church in Saint Petersburg, the historical-philological department of the University of Paris (1922).

Career

Peter Yevgrafovich Kovalevsky was a lecturer at the Orthodox Theological Institute in Paris (since 1925), teacher of Russian language, literature and history in the French Lyceum "Michelet". Since 1930, he gave lectures at the Russian Department of History and Philology at the University of Paris, since 1934 at the Slavic Institute at Geneva University. Chairman of the Orthodox Brotherhood of St. Alexander Nevsky in Paris (1921-1971).

In summer, he often lived in ancestral estate (the village of Yutanovka, Biryuchensky district, Voronezh region), his last visit was in July-August 1919. Since 1920 he was in exile.

Works

• book

  • Foreign Russia: History and Cultural and Educational Work of Russian Abroad for Half a Century

    1971

Membership

• Paris Society "Icon" , France

Connections

Father:

Evgraf Petrovich Kovalevsky

Brother:

Evgraf Evgrafovich Kovalevsky

Brother:

Maksim Evgrafovich Kovalevsky