Adolf Dobriansky

Adolf Dobriansky
Адолф Добряньскый
Dobriansky in Vienna, 1883
Born	(1817-12-19)December 19, 1817 Rudlov, Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia)
Died	(1901-03-19)March 19, 1901 Innsbruck, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)
Education	Bergakademie Schemnitz Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia
Organizations	Society of St. John the Baptist, founder Society of St. Basil the Great, founder Matice Slovenska, member Society of Orthodox Bohemians, member
Known for	Rusyn activism, politics, literature
Movement	Galician Russophilia
Awards	Order of St. Vladimir, 4th degree (1849) Order of St. Anna, 3rd degree (1849) Order of the Iron Crown, 3rd degree (1857) Order of St. Anna, 3rd degree (1862)

Adolf Dobriansky^[1] (German: Adolf Ritter von Sacsurov Dobrzanski, Rusyn: Адолф Добряньскый, Ukrainian: Добрянський Адольф Іванович; 19 December 1817 – 19 March 1901) was a public figure and leader of the Carpatho-Rusyn movement in Subcarpathian Rus', lawyer and writer.

Dobriansky was a proponent of the return of Greek Catholics to Orthodoxy and author of numerous works devoted to the history, ethnography, religious and political situation of Carpathian Rus'. He was also a recognized leader of the Carpatho-Rusyn movement, and an activist for the cultural, linguistic and ethnic unification of Rusyns of Austria-Hungary with ethnic Russians of Russia.

Dobriansky's grandchildren include linguist G. J. Gerovsky, politician A. J. Gerovsky, and artist I. E. Grabar and lawyer V. E. Grabar.