Alexander Soloviev (in Serbian Alekandar Solovjev, in Russian Александр Соловьёв) (1890-1971) was a Slavist, researcher of the Bogumils, Serbian heraldry, philately, archeology, translator from Russian and French, professor of history of Slavonic and Byzantine law at the Faculty of Law in Belgrade and Sarajevo.
Solovjev, white Russian descent, was exiled from Yugoslavia after he and his wife were arrested in 1949. He became the professor of Slavic studies at the University of Geneva (1951-1961).
Selected bibliography:
- Selected Monuments of Serbian Law from the 12th to 15th centuries (1926),
- Legislation of Stefan Dušan, emperor of Serbs and Greeks (1928),
- Dušan's Code in - 1349 and 1354 (1929),
- Greek Charters of Serbian Rulers (1936),
- Lectures from the History of Serbian Law (1939),
- History of Serbian Coat of Arms (1958).
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