Ignaty Yulianovich Krachkovsky (Russian: ÃÂóýðÃÂÃÂøù îûøðÃÂýþòøàÃÂÃÂðÃÂúþÃÂòÃÂúøù (4 (16) March 1883, Vilnius â 24 January 1951, Leningrad) was a Russian and Soviet Arabist, academician of the Russian Academy of Science (since 1921; since 1925 Academy of Science of the USSR).
Krachkovsky was one of the founders of the Soviet school of Arab studies.
Krachkovsky is known for authoring the translation of Quran into Russian. His book of recollections Among Arabic Manuscripts was awarded Stalin Prize (in 1951).
Krachkovsky edited and published the KitÃÂb al-AḥbÃÂr aá¹Â-ṬiwÃÂl ('General History') by Abu Hanifa Dinawari (1912) Kratschkovsky wrote an article for the Encyclopedia of Islam on Abë Bakr Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyá al-á¹¢à «lë the author of the KitÃÂb al-AwrÃÂq.
The British Arabist James Heyworth-Dunne published an edited Arabic text of KitÃÂb al-AwrÃÂq as three parts, and in his introduction to the third part titled AshûÃÂr AwlÃÂd al-KhulafÃÂü wa-AkhbÃÂruhum (1936), he cites his use of Kratschkovsky's article and refers to communication he had with Kratschkovsky in 1936.