Nikolay Andreyev (folklorist)

Nikolay Petrovich Andreyev (Russian: Николай Петрович Андреев) (1892– January 15, 1942) was a Soviet folklorist, literary scholar, professor at the Leningrad State Pedagogical Institute (now the Herzen University).

He if known for the research and classification of Russian and Ukrainian folklore.

[1] He died of hunger during the World War II Siege of Leningrad.

[2] He also published several anthologies of Russian folklore.

[1] This Soviet biographical article is a stub.