Konstantin Nikolayevich Bestuzhev-Ryumin (Константин Николаевич Бестужев-Рюмин; 1829 in Kudryoshki, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate – 1897) was one of the most popular Russian historians of the 19th century. He held a chair in Russian History at the University of St. Petersburg (1864–85) and was elected into the Petersburg Academy of Sciences in 1890. In 1878 he founded and gave his name to the Bestuzhev Courses, "the largest and most prominent women's higher education institution in Russia".
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1829
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1897 (aged 67)
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