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Russian language activist
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Male
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Birth:
10 December 1907(Tambov, Russia)
Death:
26 February 1977(Saint Petersburg, Tsardom of Russia)
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Education:
The Faculty of Geography and Geoecology
The details
Biography
Introduction
Valentin Avrorin (1907, Tambov - 1977) was a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR and an expert in languages. He was born in Tambov, Russia to a family of teachers. He was outstanding in the sphere of Tungusic languages, and was one of the active creators of the Nanai written language. In 1925 Avrorin graduated from one of the Tambov schools.
Biography
In 1930, graduated from the Faculty of History and Ethnology of the Saint Petersburg State University.
In 1956,defended PhD inPhilology.
Professor, Department of General Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities, Novosibirsk State University, the first dean of the faculty.
June 26, 1964 elected a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.