Nomys, Matviĭ, 1823-1900
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Matviy Nomys (Ukrainian: Матвій Номис, real name: Matviy Terentiyovych Symonov (Матві́й Тере́нтійович Си́монов, Russian: Матвей Терентьевич Симонов), 17 November 1823, in Zarih, Orzhytsia Raion, Poltava Oblast – 26 December 1900, in Lubny) was a Ukrainian ethnographer, folklorist, writer and teacher. He is best known as an editor and publisher of one of the most comprehensive and authoritative collections of some of Ukrainian folklore genres, such as proverbs, sayings, riddles and so on.
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