Terty Filippov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Terty Filippov

Date of Birth: 24-Dec-1826

Place of Birth: Rzhev, Tver Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 30-Nov-1899

Profession: writer

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Terty Ivanovich Filippov (?????? ???????? ????????; 5 January 1825 in Rzhev, Tver Governorate, Russian Empire – 12 December 1899 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a Russian folklorist, singer, pedagogue, the Honorary member of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences.
As a journalist, Filippov contributed mostly to Pogodin's Moskvityanin, Katkov's Russky Vestnik and Russkaya Beseda, the magazine he was a co-founder of.
In 1857-1864 Filippov served as a Russian Orthodox Church official.
In 1889-1899 he was the Chairman of the Russian State Control committee.
He was awarded Serbian Order of Saint Sava and Order of the Cross of Takovo.