Ivan Mikhailovich Snegirev (Russian: Иван Михайлович Снегирёв; 1793, Moscow—1868, Saint Petersburg) was historian, archaeologist, art critic, specialist in Russian folklore, member of Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences and one of the first Russian ethnographers. He graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University in 1814 and since 1818 taught Latin language in the same university. Afterwards he worked as a censor till 1855.

[edit] Publications

Ivan Snegirev authored several books on Russian proverbs, idioms, way of life, rituals and holidays:

• Russkie v svoikh poslovitsakh: razsuzhdenia i izsliedovania ob otechestvennykh poslovitsakh i pogovorkakh (lit. Russians in their idioms. Discourses and investigations about the national proverbs and idioms; 1831—1834).
• The common holidays of Russians and superstitious rites (1837—1839).
• Russian folk proverbs and parables (1848).
• On the lubok pictures of Russians (1844, second expanded edition published in 1861).

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• Russkie v svoikh poslovitsakh: razsuzhdenia i izsliedovania ob otechestvennykh poslovitsakh i pogovorkakh

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