Alexander Belskiy Explained

Caption:	Alexander Belskiy
Alexander Belskiy
Birth Date:	18 January 1921
Birth Place:	Oryol, USSR
Death Place:	Perm, USSR
Main Interests:	Philology, Literary Criticism, English Studies
Alma Mater:	University of Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine)
Awards:	Medal "For the Victory over Japan"

Alexander Andreevich Belskiy (Russian: Алекса́ндр Андрéевич Бéльский, pronounced as /ru/) was a Soviet specialist in literary criticism, Anglicist (he did researches in realism development in the English literature).^[1] Alexander Belskiy founded Perm school of research in non-Russian Philology. Also, he founded the Faculty of Philology at Perm State University and he was its first Dean in 1960–1964 and 1971–1977. Moreover, he founded the Department of Foreign literature^[2] at Perm State University, and he was its Head in 1965–1977. His famous student is Boris Proskurnin,^[3] the Dean of Faculty of Foreign languages and Literature at Perm State University.

Sources

• Alexander Belskiy at Russian Wikipedia: Бельский, Александр Андреевич // Википедия, свободная энциклопедия.

Notes and References

1. Professors at Perm State University: Профессора Пермского государственного университета. — Пермь: Изд-во Перм. ун-та, 2001. — С. 17.
2. http://www.psu.ru/fakultety/fakultet-sovremennykh-inostrannykh-yazykov-i-literatur/kafedry/kafedra-mirovoj-literatury-i-kultury Department of world literature and culture at Perm State University
3. http://www.psu.ru/personalnye-stranitsy-prepodavatelej/p/personalnye-stranitsy-prepodavatelej-p-boris-mihailovich-proskurnin Webpage of Boris Proskurnin at Perm State University website