Nikolai Nevsky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nikolai Nevsky

Russian linguist

Date of Birth: 18-Feb-1892

Place of Birth: Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia

Date of Death: 24-Nov-1937

Profession: linguist

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Nikolai Aleksandrovich Nevsky (Russian: ??????´? ??????´??????? ??´?????; the surname is also transcribed Nevskij; March 1 [O.S.
February 18] 1892, Yaroslavl - 24 November 1937, Leningrad) was a Russian and Soviet linguist, an expert on a number of East Asian languages.
He was one of the founders of the modern study of the Tangut language of the mediaeval Xi Xia Empire, the work for which he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science in Philology during his life, and Lenin Prize posthumously.
He spent most of his research career in Japan before returning to the USSR.
He was arrested and executed during the Great Purge; his surviving manuscripts were published much later, starting in 1960.