Vladimir Nikolayevich Toporov
Vladimir Nikolayevich Toporow ( Russian Влади́мир Никола́евич Топоро́в ; * July 5, 1928 in Moscow ; † December 5, 2005 ibid) was a Russian linguist and religious scholar.
His areas of work were primarily comparative historical linguistics with a focus on Indo-European Studies , Slavonic Studies , Baltic Studies , semiotics , the structure of texts, especially in poetry, and the history of religion and mythology .
In view of the bloody events on January 13, 1991 in Vilnius, he returned the State Prize awarded to him in 1990 . Toporow was u. a. Winner of the Solzhenitsyn Prize . The Vilnius University awarded him an honorary doctorate .
literature
- Nikolaius Mikhailovas. "Vladimiras Toporovas (1928 07 05-2005 12 05)" Baltistica XLI (1) 2006: 157-159.
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| SURNAME | Toporov, Vladimir Nikolaevich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Топоров, Владимир Николаевич |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian linguist and religious scholar |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 5, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 5, 2005 |
| Place of death | Moscow |