Margarita Nikolayevna Kozhina (Russian: ???????´?? ??????´???? ??´????, Russian pronunciation: [m?rg?'rit? n?k?'la?vn? 'ko??n?]) (August 1, 1925 – August 11, 2012) was a Soviet and Russian linguist, Doctor of Philology, professor (1973), Honoured scientist of Russian Federation (1991), the founder of Perm school of functional stylistics, famous both within Russia and abroad, the founder of Russian language and stylistics department at Perm State University.