Yuriy Venelin

Yuriy Venelin
Born
Georgiy Hutsa

(1802-09-22)September 22, 1802
Havasalja, Habsburg Empire
DiedMarch 26, 1839(1839-03-26) (aged 36)
EducationImperial Moscow University
Lviv University
OccupationHistorian

Yuriy Ivanovich Venelin (Rusyn: Юрій Іванович Венелін; born Georgiy Hutsa; 22 September 1802 – 26 March 1839) was a Rusyn slavist, folklorist, ethnographer and philologist best known for his research on the language, history and culture of Bulgaria and its people.