Alexander Brückner (5 August 1834,

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– 15 November 1896,

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) was a Baltic German historian who specialized in

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. He was the father of

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. He studied history and economics at the universities of

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and

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, receiving his doctorate in Heidelberg with a dissertation on the history of the Diet of Worms (1521). As a student, his instructors included

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, Ludwig Häusser,

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and

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. From 1861 to 1867 he served as a professor of history at the Imperial Law School in St. Petersburg, and afterwards was a professor of history at the

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(from 1867) and the

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(1872–1891).

Selected works

Bruckner was fluent in both German and Russian, and authored works in both languages. The following are a list of some of his German writings: * ''Das Kupfergeld 1856-63 in Russland'', 1863 – Copper money in Russia, 1856–63. * ''Culturhistorische Studien'', 1878 – Cultural history studies. * ''Peter der Grosse'', 1879 –

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. * ''Katharina die Zweite'', 1883 –

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. * ''Die Europäisierung Russlands Land und Volk'', 1888 – The Europeanization of Russia's country and people. * ''Geschichte Russlands bis zum Ende des 18 Jahrhunderts'', (2 volumes, 1896–1913), with Constantin Mettig – History of Russia until the end of the 18th century.Most widely held works by Alexander Brückner
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