Adolf Ivan Dobrjanský
1817–1901 (age 84)
Biography
Adolf Dobriansky (German: Adolf Ritter von Sacsurov Dobrzanski, Rusyn: Адолф Добряньскый, Ukrainian: Добрянський Адольф Іванович; 19 December 1817 – 19 March 1901) was a public figure and leader of the Carpatho-Rusyn movement in Subcarpathian Rus', lawyer and writer.
Dobriansky was a proponent of the return of Greek Catholics to Orthodoxy and author of numerous works devoted to the history, ethnography, religious and political situation of Carpathian Rus'. He was also a recognized leader of the Carpatho-Rusyn movement, and an activist for the cultural, linguistic and ethnic unification of Rusyns of Austria-Hungary with ethnic Russians of Russia.
Dobriansky's grandchildren include linguist G. J. Gerovsky, politician A. J. Gerovsky, and artist I. E. Grabar and lawyer V. E. Grabar.