skalkovsky served as head of the odessa statistical committee for more than 50 years.a society of history and antiquity, the first to create an organized historical archive of the city and wrote a book on the history of odessa. the pearl by the sea owes him a lot. initially, in the russian empire there was an idea to create a university in the south in the city of nikolaev. it was skolkovsky’s note, with his thoughts about the fact that odessa is a much more important city in the south, and that it was there that the novorossiysk university should be organized, as such an educational center of the novorossiysk region, played a role. two population censuses in the thirties and fifties of the century. in a very short time, he was able to obtain extensive information about the social status of the townspeople, their way of life, nationality, and degree of literacy. for this purpose , special questionnaires were drawn up and special representatives were elected as enumerators, who worked, it must be said, for free. behind several days before the census day, and the census

apollo skalkovsky, of ukrainian-polish ancestry from the chernihiv region , was born in zhitomir, intury after the second partition of poland. his father, clergyman alexander skolkovsky, at one time found himself in these parts with the blessing of the metropolitan of kiev with the task of counteracting catholic propaganda. we are here. indeed there was such a very serious struggle between the orthodox elite, so representing the likes of skolkovsky apollo, polish magnates who also wanted to control this territory, well, as they were used to doing this during the time of the polish-lithuanian commonwealth. at first , apollo studied at the university in vilna, but after his studies he continued his studies in moscow. as an expert in the polish language, he helped alexander pushkin in translating the poem by adam mickiewicz, to pushkin's plan, arranged by conrad walenrod, skolkovsky provided him with all possible literary assistance as a translator, although at the interlinear level. mickiewicz dedicated a poem to skolkovsky, which skolkovsky treasured as a shrine, it was an album poem,

in in the bureaucratic routine, skalkovsky saw the most important historical mission: collecting andpartments and regions of novorossiya. the originals of many were later lost and remained known only thanks to the works of apollo alexandrovich. through his efforts , a historian was established in odessa in the mid-thirties of the 21st century. for his books , a chronological review of the history of the novorossiysk region, and an experience in the statistical description of novorussia, apollo skalkovsky received in scientific circles the nickname herodotus of novorossiysk, the father of the history of the region. about it man and his research in the story of olga mokhova. for your contribution. in his study of the history of novorussia, apollo skolkovsky received not only the bright nickname herodotus, but also a number of awards, among which were the order of st. anna, first class, and no less prestigious in russian academic circles. i consider it my duty to bring you my most humble gratitude for the essay you sent: being from from the novorossiysk region, and having spent my youth