Nikolay Yakovlevich Danilevsky (Russian: ??????´? ?´???????? ??????´?????; 28 November 1822 – 7 November 1885) was a Russian Empire naturalist, economist, ethnologist, philosopher, historian and ideologue of Pan-Slavism and the Slavophile movement.
He expounded a circular view of world history.
He is remembered also for his opposition to Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and for his theory of historical-cultural types.