 Pyotr Bessonov

Pyotr Alexeyevich Bessonov or (in the pre-1917 spelling) Bezsonov (Пётр Алексеевич Бессонов; 1828–1898) was a leading Russian folklorist who collected and published many East Slavic and South Slavic folk songs.The son of a priest, Bessonov was born in Moscow.