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Symeon (Simeon) of Polotsk or Symeon Polotsky (Russian: Симео́н По́лоцкий; born as Samuel Piotrowski-Sitnianowicz, Russian: Самуи́л Петро́вский-Ситнянович; December 12, 1629 – August 25, 1680) was an academically-trained Baroque poet, dramatist, churchman, and enlightener of Belarusian descent who came from the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth to ...
Simeon Ivanovich ( Russian: Симеон Иванович; 7 September 1317 – 27 April 1353), also known as Semyon Ivanovich ( Russian: Семён Иванович ), nicknamed the Proud ( Russian: Гордый, romanized : Gordy ), was Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1340 to 1353. The son of Ivan I, Simeon continued his ...
In 1660 Simeon visited Moscow, again presenting the tsar with his verses. A year later Polotsk was captured by the Poles, and in 1664 Simeon moved to Moscow, this time to stay. Page from a printed Tale of SS Barlaam and Josaphat by Simeon of Polotsk. 1680, Moscow.
Simeon Polotsky, born Samuil Petrovsky-Sitnianovich, was a Belorussian monk from Polotsk. He introduced new forms of religious literature derived from Western models, and created the first substantial body of poetry in Russian.
The museum showcases display originals of Simeon’s books: “The Warder of Power” (1753), “The Testament” (1680), “The Spiritual Supper” (1683); books of the 17-18th centuries, copies of his manuscripts, figured baroque poems. They also contain contemporary research works devoted to life and activity of the famous son of Polotsk.
12 Simeon’s personal library was the largest collection in seventeenth-century Moscow (603 titles and 391 authors). The main subject represented was theology, the overwhelming majority of the books were in Latin. See Anthony Hippisley and Evgenija Luk'janova, Simeon Polockij’s library: a catalogue (Cologne: Böhlau, 2005), pp. 1, 172, 193.
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Simeon Ivanovich ( Russian: Симеон Иванович; 7 September 1317 – 27 April 1353), also known as Semyon Ivanovich ( Russian: Семён Иванович ), nicknamed the Proud ( Russian: Гордый, romanized: Gordy ), was Prince of Moscow and Grand Prince of Vladimir from 1340 to 1353. Quick Facts Grand Prince of Vladimir, Reign ...
