Name

Petr Vasil'evich Posnikov (Jr)

Original name

Пётр Васильевич Посников (младший)

Main activity

Translator

Secondary activity

Diplomat

Title

Name variations

Pyotr Postnikov"

Education place

Moscow, Paris

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Place of birth

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Place of death

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Bibliographical references

https://www.zotero.org/groups/2447618/euqu_european_quran/collections/8N8N9JV3/tags/1726%20Russian%20Qur'an/collection

Descriptive card

The younger brother of Petr Posnikov who had the same name and also worked as a translator and diplomat for the Russian state. Little information is available about his life, except for the fact that he studied in Paris. Given his younger age, Petr Posnikov (Jr) is a likely author of the 1726 Qur'an translation into Russian (the elder brother passed away before 1710).

Entry author

Gulnaz Sibgatullina