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Andrey Zaliznyak

1935 - 2017

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Andrey Anatolyevich Zaliznyak (Russian: Андре́й Анато́льевич Зализня́к, IPA: [zəlʲɪˈzʲnʲak]; 29 April 1935 – 24 December 2017) was a Soviet and Russian linguist, an expert in historical linguistics, accentology, dialectology and grammar. In his later years he paid much attention to the popularization of linguistics and the struggle against pseudoscience. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Andrey Zaliznyak is the 169th most popular linguist (up from 171st in 2019), the 1,923rd most popular biography from Russia (up from 2,062nd in 2019) and the 10th most popular Russian Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Andrey Zaliznyak ranks 169 out of 214. Before him are Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, Christiane Nord, Vladimir I. Georgiev, Waldemar Rosenberger, Martí de Riquer i Morera, and John Lyons. After him are Göran Malmqvist, Zellig Harris, Vyacheslav Ivanov, Henry Sweet, Henry Liddell, and Gideon Toury.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Andrey Zaliznyak ranks 382. Before him are Albín Brunovský, Vicente Lucas, Stanley Norman Cohen, Jadwiga Barańska, Jimmy Makulis, and Fred Bongusto. After him are Victor Chizhikov, Mona Malm, Donald Arnold, José Luandino Vieira, Margarita Nikolaeva, and Jacques Poos. Among people deceased in 2017, Andrey Zaliznyak ranks 402. Before him are William Lombardy, Heather Menzies, Manfred Kaiser, Carlos Humberto Romero, Roberto Anzolin, and Terele Pávez. After him are Cécile DeWitt-Morette, Buchi Emecheta, Santiago Vernazza, Friedel Rausch, Yambo Ouologuem, and Roy Dotrice.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Andrey Zaliznyak ranks 1,923 out of 3,761. Before him are Ramazan Abdulatipov (1946), Lev Alburt (1945), Nikolai Panin (1872), Natalia Molchanova (1962), Konstantin Yuon (1875), and Vasily Bazhenov (1737). After him are Nikolay Milyutin (1818), Eugen Walaschek (1917), Daniil Medvedev (1996), Tatyana Baramzina (1919), Max Jakobson (1923), and Nikolai Menshutkin (1842).

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Among LINGUISTS In Russia

Among linguists born in Russia, Andrey Zaliznyak ranks 10. Before him are Gabdulkhay Akhatov (1927), Yevgeny Polivanov (1891), Igor M. Diakonoff (1914), Vladimir Toporov (1928), Alexander Veselovsky (1838), and Waldemar Rosenberger (1848). After him are Vyacheslav Ivanov (1929), Sergei Starostin (1953), Ivan Kuratov (1839), Lev Shcherba (1880), Viktor Vinogradov (1894), and Ivan Yakovlev (1848).

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