Terty Filippov

Terty Ivanovich Filippov (Те́ртий Ива́нович Фили́ппов; 5 January 1825 in Rzhev, Tver Governorate, Russian Empire – 12 December 1899 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a Russian folklorist, singer, pedagogue, the Honorary member of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences.

As a journalist, Filippov contributed mostly to Pogodin's Moskvityanin, Katkov's Russky Vestnik and Russkaya Beseda, the magazine he was a co-founder of.

In 1857–1864 Filippov served as a Russian Orthodox Church official.

In 1889–1899 he was the Chairman of the Russian State Control committee.

[1][2] He was awarded Serbian Order of Saint Sava and Order of the Cross of Takovo.