PETER THE GREAT PRUT’S CAMPAIGN AND THE APPEARANCE OF THE RUSSIAN TRANSLATION OF THE SLAVIC KINGDOM BY MAVRO ORBINI
The article discusses the Russian translation of The Slavic King- dom by Mavro Orbini, published in Moscow at the initiative of Peter the Great. He takes a particular interest in the Southern Slavs during the campaign of 1711 to river Prut, hoping to raise them to fight against the Ottoman enslavers. The campaign is failed, but on the tsar’s order Sava of Ragusa (Dubrovnik) translates the above-mentioned work of Orbini. Attention in the article is given both to the personality of the translator and to his translation techniques. In the process of translation Sava of Ragusa omits many parts of the Italian original text in view of the interests of Russian readers. The Bulgarian share of the The Slavic Kingdom and the reasons for the translation’s gaps are analyzed in more details. An attempt to classify the omissions is made.
PETER THE GREAT PRUT’S CAMPAIGN AND THE APPEARANCE OF THE RUSSIAN TRANSLATION OF THE SLAVIC KINGDOM BY MAVRO ORBINI
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Igor Kaliganov
- Institute of Slavic Studies – Russian Academy of Sciences
- Russia
Kaliganov, Igor Ivanovich (1946–2025) – Professor, Doctor of Philological Sciences, Leading Research Fellow at the Department of History of Slavic Literatures, Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow).
Research Interests: South Slavic and Russian literatures, history and culture of Russia and the South Slavs.
Publications: Author of over 300 academic works (for details, see inslav.ru/Kaliganov I. I.).
Teaching Experience: Over 35 years of teaching at Lomonosov Moscow State University, Pushkin State Russian Language Institute, Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR, Military Institute, State Academy of Slavic Culture (GASK), among other institutions.
Major Administrative Positions: Dean of the Faculty of Philology at GASK (2004–2015); Founder and Head of the Department of Slavic Languages and Cultures at GASK (2004–2015).
Honors and Awards:
- First Prize named after Macarius (Bulgakov), Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna (1997)
- Order of the Stara Planina, 1st Class (2000)
- International Award of Saints Equal-to-the-Apostles Brothers Cyril and Methodius (Moscow, 2006)
- Honorary Badge of Distinction "Marin Drinov" (2006)
- Title "Honorary Worker of Science and Technology of the Russian Federation" (2007), among others
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Abstract:The article discusses the Russian translation of The Slavic King- dom by Mavro Orbini, published in Moscow at the initiative of Peter the Great. He takes a particular interest in the Southern Slavs during the campaign of 1711 to river Prut, hoping to raise them to fight against the Ottoman enslavers. The campaign is failed, but on the tsar’s order Sava of Ragusa (Dubrovnik) translates the above-mentioned work of Orbini. Attention in the article is given both to the personality of the translator and to his translation techniques. In the process of translation Sava of Ragusa omits many parts of the Italian original text in view of the interests of Russian readers. The Bulgarian share of the The Slavic Kingdom and the reasons for the translation’s gaps are analyzed in more details. An attempt to classify the omissions is made.
Subject: East of the New AgeKeywords: The Slavic Kingdom by M. Orbini MAVRO ORBINI Sava of Ragusa Russian translation Bulgarian -
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