Ryurik Lonin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ryurik Lonin

ethnographer

Date of Birth: 22-Sep-1930

Place of Birth: Prionezhsky District, Karelia, Russia

Date of Death: 17-Jul-2009

Profession: writer, author, local historian, anthropologist, ethnographer

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Rjurik Petrovic Lonin — this is the Veps spelling of his name — (Russian: ??´??? ?????´??? ??´???; 22 September 1930 in Kaskez’ village (Russian: ??????????´?) in the present Prionezhskii raion, Karelian ASSR, Soviet Union – 17 July 2009 in Šoutar’v, Prionezhskii raion, Republic of Karelia, Russia) was a Veps student of the local lore and collector of Veps folklore, founder of The Rjurik Lonin Veps Ethnographic Museum in Šoutar’v (Shyoltozero), and an author in the Veps and Russian languages.
He has been characterised as the most important Veps person ever to have lived and the best known Veps person of his time.