Terty Filippov

Terty Ivanovich Filippov (Тертий Иванович Филиппов; 5 January 1825 in Rzhev, Tver Governorate, Russian Empire – 12 December 1899 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire) was a Russian folklorist, singer, pedagogue, the Honorary member of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences. As a journalist, Filippov contributed mostly to Pogodin's Moskvityanin, Katkov's Russky Vestnik and Russkaya Beseda, the magazine he was a co-founder of. In 1857-1864 Filippov served as a Russian Orthodox Church official. In 1889-1899 he was the Chairman of the Russian State Control committee.