Dmitry Pikhno

Dmitry Pikhno.

Dmitry Pikhno (January 13, 1853–1913) was a Russian nationalist, economist, jurist-professor, journalist, landowner, and politician (conservative).[1]

Pikhno was born at khutor (farmstead) Nesterovka, Chigirin uyezd, Kiev Governorate.[1] As a student of Nikolai von Bunge, in 1874 he graduated the Kiev University with a degree of candidate of juridical sciences and was a head of the student juridical club.[1] In 1877 Pikhno was a docent, and since 1885 an extraordinary and in 1888-1901 an ordinary professor of the Kiev University department of political science and statistics.[1] He advocated economic theories of the English classical school, theoretician of market competition, capitalist rationalization of industry and agrarian economy, and author of a number of scientific works.[1]

Professor at the Kiev University. Member of State Council (1907–1913), belonged to its right-wing group. Editor of Kievlianin, the nationalist daily newspaper, published in Kiev.

  1. ^ a b c d e Lyubchenko, V. Dmitry Pikhno (ПІХНО (ПИХНО) ДМИТРО ІВАНОВИЧ). Encyclopedia of History of Ukraine.