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In 1848, Nikita also graduated the Theological Academy; being a good student, there he had been awarded an additional part, Platonov, to his surname (as a holder of the scholarship established by Metropolitan Platon). Gilyarov-Platonov was one of the first in Russia to undertake a detailed analysis of Georg W. F. Hegel's phenomenology. In 1848, he became the chair of the Department of Hermeneutics and Confession, Heresy and Schism Studies at the Academy. His contemporary wrote: "He would never sit at his desk and read from his notes; instead, having just entered the auditorium and greeted his students, he would start going back and forth around the auditorium and would speak ceaselessly up until the bell rang, having in his hand a small piece of paper that sketched what he was to speak about during the lecture. And how well he spoke! His language was lively, brilliant and captivating; having no sign of being artificial, his words poured smoothly out of his mouth. Needless to say, his students adored him!"
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