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Yevgeny Polivanov

1891 - 1938

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Yevgeny Dmitrievich Polivanov (Russian: Евге́ний Дми́триевич Полива́нов; 12 March [O.S. 28 February] 1891 – 25 January 1938) was a Soviet linguist, orientalist, and polyglot who wrote major works on the Chinese, Japanese, Uzbek, and Dungan languages and on theoretical linguistics and poetics. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yevgeny Polivanov is the 121st most popular linguist (up from 128th in 2019), the 1,385th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,525th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Russian Linguist.

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Among LINGUISTS

Among linguists, Yevgeny Polivanov ranks 121 out of 214. Before him are John Florio, George Abraham Grierson, Eugen Wüster, George Kingsley Zipf, Arnold Chikobava, and Louis Duchesne. After him are August Friedrich Pott, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, Arie de Jong, Felix Jacoby, Hrachia Acharian, and Hans Ørberg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Yevgeny Polivanov ranks 177. Before him are Fréhel, Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Alberto Savinio, W. Averell Harriman, Erich Marcks, and Hugo Lahtinen. After him are Miguel Pro, David Sarnoff, Hans von Funck, Edmund Goulding, George Marshall, and Alfred Neubauer. Among people deceased in 1938, Yevgeny Polivanov ranks 144. Before him are Prince Arsen of Yugoslavia, Matilda Howell, Turar Ryskulov, Władysław Grabski, Mirza Davud Huseynov, and Abdurauf Fitrat. After him are Víctor Morales, Saken Seifullin, Erik Werenskiold, Lev Schnirelmann, Akmal Ikramov, and Osip Piatnitsky.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yevgeny Polivanov ranks 1,385 out of 3,761. Before him are Slava Polunin (1950), Nina Grebeshkova (1930), Ivan Aksakov (1823), Grigory Romanov (1923), Sergey Solovyov (1820), and Mikhail Pogodin (1800). After him are Vladimir Zeldin (1915), Lev Dyomin (1926), Veniamin Kaverin (1902), Igor Strelkov (1970), Marie Vassilieff (1884), and Talgat Tadzhuddin (1948).

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Among LINGUISTS In Russia

Among linguists born in Russia, Yevgeny Polivanov ranks 5. Before him are Roman Jakobson (1896), Algirdas Julien Greimas (1917), Nikolai Trubetzkoy (1890), and Gabdulkhay Akhatov (1927). After him are Igor M. Diakonoff (1914), Vladimir Toporov (1928), Alexander Veselovsky (1838), Waldemar Rosenberger (1848), Andrey Zaliznyak (1935), Vyacheslav Ivanov (1929), and Sergei Starostin (1953).

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