Dmitry Ivanovich Ilovaysky (; February 11/23, 1832, Ranenburg - February 15, 1920) was an anti-Normanist conservative

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n historian who penned a number of standard history textbooks. Ilovaysky graduated from the

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in 1854 and first attracted critical attention with his thesis on the

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in 1858. He was wounded during the

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, in which he took an active part. In the 1870s, Ilovaysky started publishing his extensive overview of Russian history. In his later writings, he expounded a controversial hypothesis of Azov Rus, which was alleged to have been centered on Sarkel and

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. Ilovaysky was the father-in-law of Ivan Tsvetaev, who founded the

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1832 births 1920 deaths People from Chaplygin People from Ranenburgsky Uyezd Members of the Russian Assembly Members of the Union of the Russian People Historians of Russia 19th-century historians from the Russian Empire Journalists from the Russian Empire Russian male journalists Male writers from the Russian Empire Moscow State University alumni Scientists from the Russian Empire {{Russia-studies-bio-stub