Albina Girfanova, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Albina Girfanova

Date of Birth: 01-Feb-1957

Place of Birth: Weimar, Thuringia, Germany

Date of Death: 02-Feb-2018

Profession: academic

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Albina Hakimovna Girfanova (Russian: ?????????, ??????? ?????????) (1 February 1957 – 2 February 2018), was a Russian linguist and anthropologist.
She worked at the Institute for Linguistic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, and later at Saint Petersburg State University, where she attained the rank of Docent (Associate professor).
Girfanova is most known for her work on Udege and Oroch languages, as well as on a number of other Tungusic languages and Balkan languages.
She is the author of the most significant vocabulary of Udege, published in Russia, as well as other important studies and reference sources of Udege, Oroch and Balkan languages.