Ilya Berezin

Ilya Nikolayevich Berezin was a Russian Orientalist, the major authority on the culture, languages and history of Turkey, Iran and Mongolia, the Meritorious Professor of Saint Petersburg University, who wrote both in Russian and French.
Among his acclaimed works written in Russian were The Library of Oriental Historians, Travelling the East. The East Turkey Library, The Turkish Reader. His French-language works include Recherches sur les dialectes persans, Catalogue des mémoires et des médailles du cabinet numismatique de l’université de Casan, Guide du voyageur en Orient. Dialogues arabes d’après trois principaux dialectes: de Mésopotamie, de Syrie et d'Egypte. In 1872—1882 Ilya Berezin edited the Russian Encyclopedian Dictionary in 16 volumes.
He was the recipient of high-profile awards, including the Orders of St. Anna, St. Stanislaus and St. Vladimir.