Victor Kandinsky

Victor Kandinsky
Victor Kandinsky
Виктор Хрисанфович Кандинский
	Portrait of Victor Kandinsky, 1880
Pronunciation	[ˈvʲiktər xrʲɪˈsanfəvʲɪt͡ɕ kɐnˈdʲinskʲɪɪ̯] ;
Born	6 April 1849; Byankino, Nerchinsky District, Transbaikal Oblast, Russian Empire
Died	3 July 1889 (aged 40); Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Cause of death	suicide by opium
Citizenship	Russian Empire
Education	Moscow Imperial University (1872)
Known for	research on the psychopathology of pseudohallucinations
Spouse	Elizaveta Karlovna Freimut–Kandinskaya
	Scientific career
Fields	Psychiatry
Institutions	Psychiatric Hospital of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (1881–1889)
Academic advisors	Aleksei Kozhevnikov

Victor Khrisanfovich Kandinsky (Russian: Виктор Хрисанфович Кандинский) (6 April 1849, Byankino, Nerchinsky District, Siberia – 3 July 1889, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian Empire psychiatrist, and was 2nd cousin to famed artist Wassily Kandinsky. He was born in Siberia into a large family of extremely wealthy businessmen. Victor Kandinsky was one of the famous figures in Russian psychiatry and most notable for his contributions to the understanding of hallucinations.

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