Adolf Dobriansky (, , ; 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.
Youth and education
Dobriansky was born in Rudlov, Slovakia to I. I. Dobriansky, a Greek Catholic priest (as was his grandfather) and Charlotte Andreyevna, née Sepeshazi, daughter of the mayor of Levoča.
