P. A. LAVROV AND HIS STUDY OF NJEGOŠ

The paper aims to introduce the general public to the famous Russian philologist of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, academician P. A. Lavrov, with a special emphasis on his monograph entitled Petar II Petrović Njegoš, Vladika of Montenegro and His Literary Work. The author of the pa-per views Lavrov as the founder of Njegošology, as well as one of the most important interpreters of Njegoš’s literary work. The paper presents a detailed review of the Lavrov’s monograph, which is often quoted by the authoritative Editorial of Njegoš’s Collected Works, famous Njegošologist V. P. Nikčević and others. Although some aspects of the book are perceived as old-fashioned, it is an important cultural and scientific rarity. Modern Njegošology has in the meantime been enriched by the works of V. Pavićević, P. Popović, Mil. Đilas, Spasić, Vojislav P. Nikčević, Slobodan Tomović and many others, but Lavrov’s work remains unsurpassed.