Vladimir Toporov
1928
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2005
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: Russia, Soviet Union
languages spoken, written or signed: Russian
occupation: philologist, literary historian, literary critic, translator
award received: USSR State Prize, Grand Medal of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, Order of Honour, Order of the Three Stars, Andrei Biely Prize, Commander of the Order of the Grand Duke Gediminas
student of: Mikhaïl Peterson
Vladimir Nikolayevich Toporov (Russian: Влади́мир Никола́евич Топоро́в; 5 July 1928 in Moscow – 5 December 2005 in Moscow) was a leading Russian philologist associated with the Tartu-Moscow semiotic school. His wife was Tatyana Elizarenkova. He is also recognized as a prominent Balticist. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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