Nikolay Berezhansky

Nikolay Berezhansky (real name – Kozyrev; 1884, Pskov Governorate, Russian Empire – 20th of June 1935, Jaunlatgale Municipality, Latvia) – a journalist, a political reviewer, a newspaper commentator, a collector of Russian folklore folklore in Pskov region and Latgale.

He was publishing his works in the magazine «Russian Pilgrim» (Русский паломник) and in the newspaper «Sunday Evening Times» (Наше вечернее время).

During the 1^st World War N. Berezhansky had been working as a military correspondent in the newspaper «Our Days» (Наши дни).

In 1920s he had been working in the newspaper «Segodnya» as the head of the political department. Later, however, he withdrew from periodical.

In 1930s he got interested in collecting folklore of the local Russian speaking population of Latgale and made comparative analysis of it with the folklore of Pskov region.